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1
1
exp(V
0
t)
(2)
t
Q
t
=
1
V
0
Q
2
e
+
t
Q
e
(3)
where Q
e
is the equilibrium adsorption capacity in solution, Q
t
is
the adsorption amount at time t, and V
0
is the initial adsorption
rate.
The regressionparameters of these twokinetic models are listed
in Table 3. The R
2
values for the pseudo-rst-order kinetic model
are 0.9836 and 0.8588 for Cu
2+
and Cr
3+
, respectively; the R
2
values
for the pseudo-second-order kinetic model are 0.9944 and 0.9994,
respectively. The better t by the pseudo-second-order kinetic
model may be underpinned by the presence of two mechanisms in
the adsorption process: chemical sorption (rapid) and subsequent
slow ion exchange (slow) (Villaescusa et al., 2004), supported by
the observed release of Ca
2+
, Mg
2+
, and K
+
.
3.5. Adsorption isotherms at the optimal pH
We performed regression analysis using Langmuir and Freund-
lich isotherms on the data of Cu
2+
and Cr
3+
adsorption at pH 5.0,
described by the following equations,
Q
e
=
Q
max
bC
e
1 +bC
e
(4)
ln Q
e
=
1
n
lnC
e
+lnK
F
(5)
where Q
e
and Q
max
are the equilibrium and saturated adsorp-
tion capacities of the adsorbent, respectively. C
e
is the equilibrium
concentration of the metals in the solution and b is the adsorp-
tion constant. K
F
and n are the empirical constant for Freundlich
isotherm.
As shown in Fig. 6 and Table 4, the Langmuir model offers a bet-
ter description of the adsorption behavior than does the Freundlich
model. Additionally, the Q
max
of Cr
3+
is greater than that of Cu
2+
.
The better agreement of the Langmuir model indicates that mono-
layer coverage occurs onthe surface of the root powder by the two
metals. As Table 4 shows, the Q
max
values of both Cu
2+
and Cr
3+
are above 30mg/g of absorbent, much higher than those of other
reportedbiodegradableadsorbents suchas pinebark(Al-Ashehand
Duvnjak, 1998) and grape stalks (Villaescusa et al., 2004).
3.6. Effect of salt concentration on adsorption
In practice, industrial wastewater and urban efuents contain
various salts that may affect adsorption. To examine howsalt con-
centration affects adsorption of the heavy metal ions explored in
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Table 4
Comparison of Langmuir and Freundlich models for adsorption.
Metal ions R
2
Qmax (mg/g)
Langmuir model Freundlich model Langmuir model Freundlich model
Cu
2+
0.9788 0.9431 32.51 34.82
Cr
3+
0.9819 0.9442 33.98 36.14
Table 5
Metal ions present after combustion determined by XRF.
Bare adsorbent Cu
2+
saturated adsorbent Cr
3+
saturated adsorbent
Element Content (%) Element Content (%) Element Content (%)
K 15.90 K 2.66 K 2.50
Si 14.46 Si 26.63 Si 25.55
Fe 13.98 Fe 16.13 Fe 22.34
Mg 11.05 Al 12.07 Al 14.50
Cu 0.04 Cu 30.70 Cu 0.06
Cr 0.11 Cr 0.05 Cr 23.41
Elements with contents below10% are not listed.
this paper, we added sodium chloride to the solution. The con-
centration of NaCl was 0300mM. The initial concentration of the
metal was 100mg/L and the pH was 5.0.
As Fig. 7 shows, increasing the NaCl concentration decreases
the adsorption capacity for the heavy metal ions, particularly Cr
3+
.
This behavior suggests that electrostatic interactions between the
metal ions and the adsorbent dominate the absorption process
and that copper and chromium are adsorbed through different
Fig. 6. Adsorption isotherm.
mechanisms (Flogeac et al., 2004, 2003). This same effect was also
observed when cork waste was used as an adsorbent of metals
ions (Villaescusa et al., 2000). It is known that the presence of salt
formed by strong acid and alkali increases the ionic strength of the
solution. This increase in ionic strength depresses the adsorption
based on electrostatic interactions, and thus reduces the adsorp-
tion capacities of Cu
2+
and Cr
3+
, as shown in Fig. 7. The disparate
Fig. 7. Adsorption of Cu
2+
and Cr
3+
metal ions as a function of NaCl concentration.
Fig. 8. Desorption of Cu
2+
and Cr
3+
.
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Fig. 9. XRD analysis of adsorbents after combustion.
change of the adsorption capacities of Cu
2+
and Cr
3+
may be rooted
in their difference in outer layer electron distributions, leading
to different afnities toward the COO