Cadmium(II) removal from an aqueous solution using CSCMQ grafted copolymer

Abstract

In this work, an approach was developed to synthesize copolymer by grafting 5-Chloromethyl-8-Hydroxyquinoline on to Cassava starch for removal of Cd(II). Characterization experiments were done by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared analysis. The study was performed under different experimental conditions of initial metal ion concentration, adsorbent dose, time, pH and temperature. Batch adsorption experiment showed that grafted copolymer had strong adsorption capacity of 51.546, 53.191, and 55.249 mg/g at 298, 308, and 318 K for Cd(II) removal. The kinetics data were analyzed using pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intraparticle diffusion models. The pseudo-second-order model best described the adsorption of Cadmium(II) ions onto copolymer. Langmuir model fitted well and thermodynamics parameters were analyzed where results revealed that the adsorption process was a spontaneous and endothermic in nature.

Keywords:

• Cassava starch
• Copolymer
• Cadmium(II)
• Adsorbate
• Adsorbent

Acknowledgment

The authors express their sincere gratitude for the financial support provided by the Maulana Azad National Fellowship of University grant commission to carry out this research work. (Sanction Order No.: F1-17.1/2014-15/MANF/2014/15/JAI-GUJ-35064).