Amenability of Carboxylic Acids Adsorption on Surface of Activated Carbon

Carboxylic Acids Adsorption on Activated Carbon

  • Tayyba Aftab Centre for Environment Protection Studies, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Ferozepur Road, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan
  • Naeem Abbas Centre for Environment Protection Studies, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Ferozepur Road, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Irfan Centre for Environment Protection Studies, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Ferozepur Road, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan
  • Farah Deeba Centre for Environment Protection Studies, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Ferozepur Road, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan
  • Naz Imtiaz Centre for Environment Protection Studies, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Ferozepur Road, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan
  • Rauf Ahmad Khan Centre for Environment Protection Studies, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Ferozepur Road, Lahore - 54600, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52763/PJSIR.PHYS.SCI.58.2.2015.106.110
Keywords: activated carbon, benzoic acid, titrimetric method, adsorption capacity, dose rate

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to investigate the adsorption of benzoic acid (BA), valeric acid (VA), propionic acid (PA) and butyric acid (BUA) from aqueous solutions at different dosing rate on the surface of activated carbon. Different trials were taken in order to determine the interaction betweenthe carbon surface and adsorbent species. The residual concentration of acids was calculated by the titrimetric method. Maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 93.37% at dosing rate of 8.75 g for BUA and minimum adsorption capacity was measured as 41.47% at dosing rate of 0.69 g for VA. Keeping the same contact time and mass of activated carbon (2.8 g), the adsorption capacity increases with increasing dosing rate. 

Published
2015-06-24
Issue
Vol 58 No 2 (2015): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences
Section
Articles