Removal of Copper Ions from Wastewater Using Magnetite Loaded On Active Carbon (AC) and Oxidized Active Carbon (OAC) Support

Mahmouda, Aya S.; Youssefa, Nadia A; Abo El Nagab, Ahmed O.; Selimc, M. M.

doi:10.21608/jsrs.2019.34280

Removal of Copper Ions from Wastewater Using Magnetite Loaded On Active Carbon (AC) and Oxidized Active Carbon (OAC) Support

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Faculty of Women Ain Shams University.

² Faculty of Women Ain Shams University. .

³ Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI).

⁴ National Research Centre (NRC).

10.21608/jsrs.2019.34280

Abstract

The magnetite Fe₃O₄was supported on active carbon AC (Fe₃O₄/AC) and oxidized active carbon OAC (Fe₃O₄/OAC). It was prepared by co-precipitation method and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), surface area measurements (BET) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) techniques. Fe₃O₄/AC and Fe₃O₄/OAC were used as adsorbents for removal of Cu (II) ions from wastewater. The effect of adsorption parameters such as contact time, the pH of the solution, the weight of adsorbent and the initial concentration of Cu(II) ions was elucidated to achieve the process’s optimal operational conditions. It was found that the removal percentage of the Cu(II) ions was reached to 96.15 % after 30 min. The adsorption process fitted very well the pseudo-second-order model and the adsorption equilibrium data could be well described by the Langmuir isotherm.