Biosorption of Cd (II) by Biomass of Dried Sargassum Baccularia in Aquatic Solution

Mahmoud A.Barah, Ibrahim S. Shaban, Khairy M. Al-Amari, Aisha M. Al-Majdoub, Ezdehar A.Al-tllouty

Abstract


Contamination of wastewater by toxic metals is a global environmental concern. In this study, the possibility of using inactive (dead) Sargassum baccularia powder as a natural adsorbent was investigated in the removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions. The biosorption process was found to be highly dependent on a set of variables such as pH, temperature, contact time, shaking speed and initial metal concentration. The results showed an optimum pH value, (6.0) for cadmium, where was the biosorption capacity (842.15±0.252) for cadmium, and the lowest biosorption value for Cd was found at pH 2.0. The optimum temperature in this study was 30 °C. The time required for equilibrium was investigated over a period of 360 min and found to be 180 min. The capacity of biosorption increased with increasing shaking speed, and the highest uptake value was found at 120 rpm. The maximum removal of Cd+2 was found at 20 mg/l. The models Freundlich and Langmuir were used to study the equilibrium process of these systems. The Langmuir model was found to be more suitable for the interpretation of these systems by the value of the correlation coefficients higher than 0.99. Brown seaweed powder is an effective, low-cost, and environmentally friendly adsorbent for removing metals from aqueous solutions, according to the results obtained


Keywords


Biosorption; Adsorption; Cadmium; Equilibrium study;seaweed Sargassum baccularia; Coast of Libya.

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