Sandy, Velycia Maramis, Alfin Kurniawan, Aning Ayucitra, Jaka Sunarso, Suryadi Ismadji
Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of the adsorption of copper ions from an aqueous solution using linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LABORATORIES) modified bentonite (organo-bentonite) are reported. Modification of bentonite was performed via microwave heating with a concentration of LABORATORIES surfactant equivalent to 1. 5 times that of the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of the raw bentonite. Experimental parameters affecting the adsorption process such as pH, contact time and temperature were studied. Several adsorption equations (e. g., Langmuir, Freundlich, Sips and Toth) with temperature dependency were used to correlate the equilibrium data. These models were evaluated based on the theoretical justifications of each isotherm parameter. The Sips model had the best fit for the adsorption of copper ions onto organo-bentonite. For the kinetic data, the pseudo-second order model was superior to the pseudo-first order model. Thermodynamically, the adsorption of copper ions occurs via chemisorption and the process is endothermic (ΔH 0>0), irreversible (ΔS 0>0) and nonspontaneous (ΔG 0>0). © 2012 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University, Surabaya 60114, Indonesia; Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Institute for Technology Research and Innovation, Deakin University, Victoria 3125, Australia