Zaharaddeen N. Garba

Physicochemical of microcrystalline cellulose from oil palm fronds as potential methylene blue adsorbents

The present study sheds light on the physical and chemical characteristics of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) isolated from oil palm fronds (OPF) pulps. It was found that the OPF MCC was identified as cellulose II polymorph, with higher crystallinity index than OPF α-cellulose (CrIOPFMCC: 71%>CrIOPFα-cellulose: 47%). This indicates that the acid hydrolysis allows the production of cellulose that is highly crystalline. BET surface area of OPF MCC was found to be higher than OPF α-cellulose (SBETOPFMCC: 5.64m2g-1>SBETOPFα-cellulose:Qa0 2.04m2g-1), which corroborates their potential as an adsorbent. In batch adsorption studies, it was observed that the experimental data fit well with Langmuir adsorption isotherm in comparison to Freundlich isotherm. The monolayer adsorption capacity (Qa0) of OPF MCC was found to be around 51.811mgg-1 and the experimental data fitted well to pseudo-second-order kinetic model.

Efficient adsorption of 4-Chloroguiacol from aqueous solution using optimal activated carbon: Equilibrium isotherms and kinetics modeling

Abstract The optimal activated carbon produced from Prosopis africana seed hulls (PASH-AC) was obtained using the impregnation ratio of 3.19, activation temperature of 780 °C and activation time of 63 min with surface area of 1095.56 m2/g and monolayer adsorption capacity of 498.67 mg/g. The adsorption data were also modeled using five various forms of the linearized Langmuir equations as well as Freundlich and Temkin adsorption isotherms. In comparing the legitimacy of each isotherm model, chi square (χ2) was incorporated with the correlation coefficient (R2) to justify the basis for selecting the best adsorption model. Langmuir-2 > Freundlich > Temkin isotherms was the best order that described the equilibrium adsorption data. The results revealed pseudo-second-order to be the most ideal model in describing the kinetics data.