The Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Research
Vol 2, No 2 (2013)

Adsorption of Cadmium By Silica Chitosan

Moftah Ali (Arabian Gulf Oil Company PO Box 263 El-Kish Benghazi - LIBYA Email: info@agocomarketing.com)
Ani Mulyasuryani (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Brawijaya Jl. Veteran 65145 Malang INDONESIA)
Akhmad Sabarudin (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Brawijaya Jl. Veteran 65145 Malang INDONESIA)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 May 2013

Abstract

The adsorption process depends on initial concentration of Cd2+ and ratio of  chitosan in adsorbent. The present study deals with the competitive adsorption of Cd2+ ion onto silica graft with chitosan. Batch adsorption experiments were performed at five different initial Cd2+ concentrations (5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 ppm), on five different proportion from silica to chitosan (100%, 95%, 85%, 75% and 65%) as adsorbent at pH 5. In the recovery process, the high recovery at 0.5 mg and observed the recovery decrease with increasing the initial concentration of Cd2+, and the low recovery at 0.25 mg from Cd2+. In this study, the adsorption capacity of Cd2+ in regard to the ratio of silica and chitosan hybrid adsorbents are examined in detail. The aim of this study to explore effects of initial concentrations of Cd2+, and the ratio of silica to chitosan on the adsorption and recovery of Cd2+.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpacr

Publisher

Subject

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry Materials Science & Nanotechnology Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

The Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Research focuses in publishing research articles in the field of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry. The target is in exploring, investigating, and developing chemicals sources from local and/or Indonesian to increase the value. Scope of the journal is organic ...