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Date seed as an efficient, eco-friendly, and cost-effective bio-adsorbent for removal of thorium ions from acidic solutions

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Ecotoxicology
Environmental chemistry
Environmental pollution
Green chemistry

Abstract

Removal of thorium ions from acidic media using high effective bio-adsorbent is a very convenient viewpoint for the management of environmental pollutants. With this respect, this study is aimed to synthesize bio-adsorbent derived from date palm seed (DS bio-adsorbent) for adsorption of Th(IV) from acidic media. The studied bio-adsorbent was characterized by FTIR, SEM, and XRD techniques. The effective experimental parameters on the adsorption performance such as pH, bio-adsorbent dose, contact time, solution temperature, thorium initial concentration, and interfering ions were investigated. Furthermore, adsorption isotherm and kinetic studies were explored to describe the mechanism of thorium adsorption using the proposed bio-adsorbent. The Langmuir model result showed that the DS removal adsorption capacity was 43 mg.g-1 at optimized batch conditions. The kinetic findings indicated that the adsorption mechanism was in an agreement with the pseudo-second-order model. Additionally, the regeneration of the spent bio-adsorbent was studied using 0.3 mol.L-1 HNO3 as an eluent agent. This research suggested that the date palm seed bio-adsorbent could be evaluated as a beneficial adsorbent for the adsorption of thorium from aquatic and acidic media due to its selectivity and capacity.

DOI

10.21608/aujes.2020.124579

Keywords

Date seed bio-adsorbent, thorium ions, Elution, Isotherm, kinetic, recyclability

Authors

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Ahmed S.

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Sayed

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Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt.

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Abdelmottaleb

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Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt.

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Mohamed F.

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Cheira

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Nuclear Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530 El Maadi, Cairo, Egypt.

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Gamal

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Abdel-Aziz

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Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt

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H.

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Gomaa

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Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt

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Taha F.

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Hassanein

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Chemistry Dept., Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

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1

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1

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18648

Issue Date

2020-10-01

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2020-08-27

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2020-10-01

Page Start

106

Page End

124

Print ISSN

2735-4229

Online ISSN

2735-4237

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/article_124579.html

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1,615

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Publication Title

Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Date seed as an efficient, eco-friendly, and cost-effective bio-adsorbent for removal of thorium ions from acidic solutions

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Created At

23 Jan 2023