Kinetic and thermodynamic investigations of surfactants adsorption from water by carbide-derived carbon

Ismail W. Almanassra, Viktor Kochkodan*, Gordon Mckay, Muataz Ali Atieh, Tareq Al-Ansari*

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Abstract

The objective of the study is to investigate the potential of carbide-derived carbon (CDC) for the adsorptive removal of nonionic t-octylphenoxy poly ethoxy ethanol (TX-100), anionic sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) and cationic 1-hexadecylpyridinium bromide (HDPB) surfactants from water. The CDC was characterized using TEM, SEM, FTIR, BET, EDS, XPS methods and zeta potential measurements. The effects of adsorption parameters included initial surfactant concentration, contact time, temperature, and pH of the feed solution were evaluated. The adsorption capacity and mechanism were determined by modeling the isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic data. The kinetics results demonstrated that the adsorption of the surfactant by CDC obeys the pseudo 2nd order model. The thermodynamic results have shown that surfactants adsorption by CDC is an endothermic and spontaneous process. The Sips model agreed with the adsorption isotherm data of SDBS with R2 of 0.987, while both Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson models comply well with adsorption data for TX-100 and HDPB. The hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions were found the dominant mechanisms of the adsorption of the surfactant by CDC. The adsorption capacities of CDC were found to be 442.4, 462.0 and 578.4 mg/g for SDBS, HDPB and TX-100, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1206-1220
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
Volume56
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Carbide-derived carbon
  • HDPB
  • SDBS
  • Triton X-100
  • adsorption isotherm

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