Removal of chromium (III)‎ ions from its aqueous solution on adsorbent Surfaces : charcoal, attapulgite and date palm leaflet powder

Abstract EN

In the present work, a study is carried out to remove chromium (III) from aqueous solution by : activated charcoal, attapulgite and date palm leaflet powder (pinnae).

The effect of various parameters such as contact time, and temperature has been studied.

The isotherm equilibrium data were well fitted by Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models.

The adsorption capacity of chromium (III) that was observed by activated charcoal, attapulgite and date palm leaflet powder (pinnae) increased with the rise of temperature when the concentrations of Cr (III) were 600, 700 and 100 mg / L respectively.

The greatest adsorption capacity ofactivated charcoal, attapulgite and date palm leaflet powder (pinnae) at 10°C was 7.51, 5.39 and 0.77mg.gˉ¹ respectively and reaching 9.99, 8.82 and 1.43mg.gˉ¹ at 37.5°C.

The thermodynamics study showed that the chromium (III) ions adsorption is endothermic and spontaneous with the increase of randomness at the solid-solution interface that involves adsorption and absorption mechanism.