In the present study the potential of a new green material obtained from Portulaca oleracea plant was investigated. The material was used without any chemical treatment to study the adsorption behavior of lead ions from aqueous solution. Various batch experiments were carried out using different experimental conditions such as pH, contact time, adsorbent concentration, and metal ion concentration to identify the optimum conditions. The influence of these parameters on the adsorption capacity was studied. Results showed the optimum initial pH for adsorption as 6. Adsorption equilibrium was reached in 120 min. The adsorption data were modeled using both the Langmuir and Freundlich classical adsorption isotherms. Results show *78% removal of lead from aqueous solution. The kinetic data corresponded well with pseudo second-order equation. From the initial results, the green material obtained from the waste of Portulaca seems to be a potential low-cost adsorbent for removal of lead ions from water.
Heavy metals are a threat to human health and ecosystem. These days, great deal of attention is being given to green technologies for purification of water contaminated with heavy metal ions. Biosorption is one among such emerging technologies, which utilizes naturally occurring waste materials to sequester heavy metals from wastewater. Cadmium has hazardous impact on living beings; therefore, its removal through green and economical process is an important task. The aim of the present study was to utilize the locally available Portulaca oleracea plant biomass as an adsorbent for cadmium removal from aqueous solution. The biomass was obtained after drying and grinding the portulaca leaves and stem. No chemical treatment was done on the adsorbent so that it remained green in a true sense. Batch experiments were performed at room temperature. The critical parameters studied were effects of pH, contact time, initial metal ion concentration and adsorbent dose on the adsorption of cadmium. The maximum adsorption was found to be 72 %. The kinetic data were found to best fit the pseudo-secondorder equation. High adsorption rates were obtained in the initial 45 min, and adsorption equilibrium was then gradually achieved in about 100 min. Adsorption increased with increase in pH for a range 2 and 6. The equilibrium adsorption results closely followed both the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The values of constants were calculated from isotherms. Results indicated that portulaca plant biomass could be developed as a potential material to be used in green water treatment devices for removal of metal ions.
The corrosion inhibition of mild steel in one normal sulphuric acid solution by PEGME has been studied in relation to the concentration of the inhibitor as well as the temperature using electrochemical polarization (galvanostatic and potentiostatic) techniques. The results were supplemented with scanning electron microscopy and infra-red spectroscopy. All the methods employed are in reasonable agreement. There is no particular relationship of inhibition with concentration and temperatures. The thermodynamic functions of dissolution and adsorption processes were calculated from experimental polarization data and the interpretation of the results is given. Adsorption of PEGME was found to follow the Langmuir's adsorption isotherm. PEGME is a mixed type of inhibitor.
Metal biosorption on plant-based materials and agricultural wastes is a well practiced but a complex process affected by several factors. The biosorption of chromium(VI) from aqueous solution onto waste plant biomass of Portulaca Oleracea was studied in the present work. Batch studies were carried out to examine the effects of process parameters. Influence of altering various process parameters was studied. The biosorption process was fast, and equilibrium was achieved in 45 min of contact time. It was found that the biosorption capacity of plant material depends on many factors mainly on solution pH, with a maximum biosorption capacity for chromium at pH 2. The biosorption kinetics was tested with pseudofirst-order and pseudo-second-order reaction, and results showed that biosorption followed pseudo-second-order rate expression. Experimental equilibrium data were applied to two different isotherm models. Isotherm tests showed that equilibrium sorption data were better represented by Langmuir model, and the sorption capacity of plant biomass was found to be 54.945 mg/g. Thermodynamic parameters like DG 0 , DH 0 and DS 0 were also evaluated, and it was found that the biosorption was spontaneous and endothermic in nature. Plant biomass was found to be an effective adsorbent for chromium(VI) from aqueous solution. This study indicated that plant biomass could be used as an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally safe biosorbent for the treatment of chromium containing aqueous solutions.
The corrosion inhibition of mild steel in one normal sulphuric acid solution by brij-30 has been studied in relation to the concentration of the inhibitor as well as the temperature using electrochemical polarization (galvanostatic and potentiostatic) techniques. The results were supplemented with scanning electron microscopy and infra-red spectroscopy. All the methods employed are in reasonable agreement. There is no particular relationship of inhibition with concentration and temperatures. The thermodynamic functions of dissolution and adsorption processes were calculated from experimental polarization data and the interpretation of the results is given. Adsorption of Brij-30 was found to follow the Langmuir's adsorption isotherm. Brij-30 is a mixed type of inhibitor.
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