Environmental & Analytical Toxicology

Abbas Moussa

Publications

• Research Article
  Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies of Coomassie Blue G-250 Adsorption on Apricot Stone Activated Carbon
  Author(s): Abbas Moussa, Cherfi Abdelhamid, Kaddour Samia, Aksil Tounsia and Trari MohamedAbbas Moussa, Cherfi Abdelhamid, Kaddour Samia, Aksil Tounsia and Trari Mohamed
  
  The preparation of Activated Carbon from Apricot Stone (ASAC) with H3PO4 and its ability to remove the Coomassie Blue (CB) used in textile industry from aqueous solutions are reported in this study. The FTIR spectroscopy is used to get information on interactions between the adsorbent and CB. A series of contact time experiments were undertaken in stirred batch adsorber to assess the effect of the system variables. The results were discussed and showed that ASAC can be used in the wastewater treatment. A comparison of two models on the overall adsorption rate showed that the kinetic of adsorption was better described by the pseudo-second order model. The adsorption isotherms of CB onto ASAC are determined and correlated with common isotherms equations. The smaller RMSE values obtained for the Freundlich model indicate the better curve fitting; the monolayer adsorption capacity of CB i.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0525.1000264

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