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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 9-15.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2014.04.002

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Adsorption Performance of Heavy Metal Ions by Fir Bark and Its Kinetic

SU Wen-peng1, YANG Yi-qin1, JIANG Ling-yu1, ZHOU Hao1, ZHOU Yong-hong2   

  1. 1. Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab of Pulp and Paper Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China;
    2. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, Nanjing 210042, China
  • Received:2013-09-03 Online:2014-08-25 Published:2015-08-18
  • Contact: 杨益琴,副教授,硕士生导师,研究领域为植物资源化学与利用;E-mail:wsfyyq@163.com。 E-mail:wsfyyq@163.com

Abstract: The adsorption of copper, lead and cadmium ions (heavy metal ions, HMI) from aqueous solution by the powder of fir bark was investigated by using batch techniques.The effects of pH value, contact time and initial metal ions concentration and particle size of fir bark powder on the metal ions adsorption capacity have been studied. Fir bark was found to be a low cost and promising adsorbent for absorbing heavy metal ions from aqueous solution. The results showed that the suitable size of bark powder used as adsorbent is 250-830 μm. Under the condition with pH of 5.0 and a contact time of 30 min, 0.6 g bark powder in 100 mL initial ions concentration of 150 mg/L resulted in the maximum adsorption capacity of 6.83, 13.56 and 23.17 mg/g for Cu2+, Cd2+ and Pb2+, respectively. Kinetics fitted with Lagergren pseudo second-order models. Hence adsorption kinetic parameters were calculated, and the correlation coefficient R2>0.997 was obtained. The adsorption data of metal ions at 45℃ has been described by the Freundlich and Langmuir isothermal absorption models, and Langmuir isothermal adsorption model was more satisfied. Ion exchange was probably one of the major adsorption mechanisms for binding divalent metal ions to the bark powder. From these results, it can be concluded that the powder of the fir bark could be a good adsorbent for extracting the metal ions from aqueous solution.

Key words: fir bark, adsorption, heavy metal ions, adsorption kinetic, isothermal adsorption model

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