Adsorption of anthracene using activated carbon and Posidonia oceanica

Mouhamed El Khames Saad; Ramzi Khiari; Elimame Elaloui; Younes Moussaoui

doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.11.002

Arabian Journal of Chemistry (Jan 2014)

Adsorption of anthracene using activated carbon and Posidonia oceanica

Mouhamed El Khames Saad,
Ramzi Khiari,
Elimame Elaloui,
Younes Moussaoui

Affiliations

Mouhamed El Khames Saad: Materials, Environment and Energy Laboratory (06/UR/12-01), Science Faculty of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, 2112 Gafsa, Tunisia
Ramzi Khiari: LGP2 – Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Science, UMR CNRS 5518, 461, Rue de la Papeterie, BP 65, 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères Cedex, France
Elimame Elaloui: Materials, Environment and Energy Laboratory (06/UR/12-01), Science Faculty of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, 2112 Gafsa, Tunisia
Younes Moussaoui: Science Faculty of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, 2112 Gafsa, Tunisia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.11.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 109 – 113

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The aim of this work was to examine the static capacity of adsorption of anthracene by Posidonia oceanica and activated carbon. The effect of experimental parameters pH and contact time on the anthracene adsorption onto cited materials was investigated in detail. The results showed that the anthracene removal on both P. oceanica and activated carbon was unaffected in the pH range of 2–12. The equilibrium data fit well to the Langmuir model with a maximum adsorption capacity of 8.35 mg/g and 0.14 mg/g, respectively with activated carbon and P. oceanica.

Published in Arabian Journal of Chemistry

ISSN: 1878-5352 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/arabian-journal-of-chemistry/

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