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Comparative Study of Rates of Biosorption for Selected Single
and Mixed Metal Ions using Natural Products
Kiplagat Ayabei * Lusweti Kituyi
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, School of Science, Chepkoilel University College, P.O BOX 1125,
Eldoret, Kenya
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ayabs2005@gmail.com
Abstract
Heavy metals are usually found in low concentrations in natural aquatic ecosystem. In recent times, however, the
occurrence of metal contaminants especially heavy metals in excess of natural loads has become a problem of
increasing concern. The contributing factors are rapid growth of population, increased urbanization and
expansion of industrial activities, exploration and exploitation of natural resources, extension of irrigation and
other modern agricultural practices as well as lack of environmental regulations. This therefore, calls for efficient,
cheap, available and non polluting method of controlling presence of heavy metals in water bodies. Use of
natural biosorbents such as algae has demonstrated great potential to remove heavy metals from wastewater. An
investigation of the effect of contact time, reaction kinetics, influence of ionic sizes and influence of presence of
other metal ions in biosorption of heavy metals Cu, Zn and Pb using Ascophyllum nodosum has been done.
Model wastewater solution containing a known concentration of the given heavy metal ions was prepared for
both single and mixed at a fixed pH of 5. A 0.25g mass of dry algae was introduced for every 100 mL solution.
Change in level of concentration was monitored at intervals of 10 minutes using AAS until the rate of
biosorption was almost constant. The sorption process occurred in two stages; first being rapid adsorption and
then gradual adsorption that was almost constant. Pb was most biosorbed while Zn was least for both systems,
adopting the order Pb > Cu > Zn. The data obtained fitted both Langmuir isotherm and experimental parameters
were determined. The order of reaction was found to follow pseudo second order after comparison of R2
values
that were deduced from first and second order linearized plots.
Key words: Biosorption, heavy metals, algae, wastewater, pollution
1. Introduction
Worldwide human population is increasing leading to prompt growth of industries with the sole purpose of
satisfying their needs. Consequently, waste products are generated; some are renewable while others are
unrenewable of which they are disposed to the environment via adjacent streams or public sewers. There is need
therefore to monitor the levels of harmful contaminants prior to their discharge. Industries have applied several
conventional techniques in order to comply with acceptable levels that are specified by governments and local
authorities. The conventional techniques include chemical precipitation, chemical oxidation and reduction, ion-
exchange, filtration, electrochemical treatment, reverse osmosis (membrane technologies), evaporative recovery
and solvent extraction. These techniques give rise to several problems such as unpredictable metal ions removal
and generation of toxic sludge which are often difficult to dewater and require extreme caution in their disposal.
Besides that, most of these methods also present some limitations whereby they are only economically viable at
high or moderate concentrations of metals but not at low concentrations from 1 to 100 mg/L of dissolved metal
ions (Cossich et al., 2001). Heavy metal removal by classical techniques involves expensive methodologies.
These are due to high energy and reagent requirements (Xia and Liyuan, 2002). The current study aimed at
evaluating the efficiency of Ascophyllum nodosum in removal of Cu, Zn and Pb from wastewater and
investigating the effect of mixed metal ions in comparison to single metal ions.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1 Biomass preparation
The brown algae Ascophyllum nodosum was used as biosorbent for the biosorption of the metal ions. Samples of
marine alga were collected from the coastal region, Kenya. The algae were washed several times with tap water
then distilled water to remove impurities and salts. The biomass was sun-dried and then dried in an oven at 60 °C
for 48 hours (Mohamad, 2008). The dried alga biomass was cut into small pieces, ground in a mortar and
subsequently sieved and the particles with an average size of 0.5mm were used for biosorption.
1.2 Metal ion Solution Preparation
Model solution containing Cu, Pb and Zn were prepared at approximately 50 mg/L and pH adjusted to 5 using
nitric acid or sodium hydroxide, 0.25g of dry algae was introduced for every 100 mL solution, stirred for seven
minutes and the solution allowed to settle, after ten minutes 1 mL of solution was withdrawn ready for the
concentration determination using AAS (Model A A-6200, Shimadzu, Corp., Kyoto, Japan). The same was
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repeated at the intervals of ten minutes until change in concentration was almost constant. The preliminaries
showed that after 80 minutes the was no further change in concentration hence for uniformity reasons, the
biosorption process for all cases were carried out for eighty minutes.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1 Reaction Kinetics
The dependence of a chemical reaction on initial reactant concentration can be shown by a rate equation. The
rate equation gives an expression of the variation in concentration with time. The order of reaction was deduced
from the integrated rate equation by appropriate plot of variables to give a linearized plot. A reaction can either
be pseudo first order or pseudo second order. The first order rate equation for metal adsorption on algae is;
( )te
t
qqk
t
q
−=
∂
∂
1
where qt and qe are the masses of metal adsorbed by the algae in (mg/g) at any time t and at equilibrium
respectively, k1 is the rate constant for the adsorption. On integration, equation (i) gives the solution;
( )tee qqqtk −−= lnln1 ………… (ii)
Plot of time t against ln(qe – qt ) gave a straight line. The following figures (a - d) shows the plots 1st
and 2nd
order kinetics for Cu when single and when in mix with Zn and Pb.
Figure 1: Graphs (a-d) comparing 1st
and 2nd
order for single and mixed metal ions
The second order rate equation can be represented as;
( )2
2 te
t
qqk
t
q
−=
∂
∂
…...................... (iii)
Where k2 is the second order rate constant, qe and qt have same meanings as before. Upon integration, equation
(iii) gives the solution;
2
2
1
eet qkq
t
q
t
+= …………………… (iv)
The plot of t/qt against t gave a straight line as shown in figure 1 (a) and (b) from which the rate constant k2 and
qe were calculated.
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The linearity of the graphs reveals that the reaction kinetics is best described by 2nd
order kinetics hence deduced
constants can be summarized in the table below;
Table 1: Summary of constants for pseudo second order for the mixed and single metal ions
Metal Pseudo second order
Singles Mixed
K2 qe R2
K2 qe R2
Cu2+
0.01937 11.7647 0.997 0.064 5.6818 0.998
Pb2+
0.041886 12.6582 0.999 0.023876 16.1290 0.998
Zn2+
0.005628 9.9000 0.959 0.06723 3.8020 0.999
The quantity of metal uptake at equilibrium (qe) was paramount in prediction of order of preference on
biosorption of metal ions to the surface especially when the metal ions were mixed. The analysis revealed that
the order of preference to the active sites present in the algae was Pb >Cu> Zn, the order was the same even for
single metal uptake. It should be noticed also that when the metals were mixed qe for Pb was high due to its large
ionic size hence occupying large number of active sites consequently qe for Cu and Zn were small compared to
when they were single.
1.2 Effect of Contact Time
Among my research questions was” for how long should the biosorbent be in contact with the metal ions?”
therefore, estimation of the time required for quantitative amount of uptake of the metal ions from the solution
was essential. As outlined in the methodology, the initial concentration of any given metal ion was
predetermined prior to introduction of the biosorbent and change in concentration monitored until change in
concentration was almost constant. To determine the average time required for maximum biosorption onto the
surface, a graph of time in minutes against quantity of the metal uptake was plotted has shown below.
Figure 2: Graphs showing effect of contact time on the amount of metal uptake
It was deduced from the plots that the adorption process ocurred in two stages; the first stage being rapid and the
later being gradual. The first stage occurred within the first 20- 30 minutes and this was due to infinite number of
active sites, the second stage occurred when most of the active sites had been occupied and hence involved
diffusion of the metal ions into the cells of the algae.
3.3 Influence of Ionic Sizes
Biosorption rates for different metal ions were compared to establish whether the algae biosorbed Cu2+
, Pb2+
, and
Zn2+
in the same manner or differently. Investigation was done for both single and metal ions. One way
ANOVA at 95% confidence level was used to test whether there was significant difference or not. The results of
the test are summarized in figures 3 and 4 below.
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ANOVA singles (Cu, Pb and Zn)
Source of Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit
Between Groups 1721.519 2 860.7593 11.63477 0.000293 3.402826
Within Groups 1775.559 24 73.98161
Total 3497.077 26
Figure 3: One way ANOVA results for comparison of biosorption rates Cu, Pb and Zn for single metal
ions.
ANOVA Mix (Cu, Pb and Zn)
Source of Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit
Between Groups 2106.461 2 1053.23 16.43357 3.19E-05 3.402826
Within Groups 1538.164 24 64.09018
Total 3644.625 26
Figure 4: One way ANOVA results for comparison of biosorption rates Cu, Pb and Zn for single metal
ions.
From the ANOVA results it can be seen that p- value for both mixed and single metal ions is less that 0.05
implying that the biosorption of the three metal ions whether they appear in the wastewater alone or in mix with
others they are biosorbed differently, this is attributed to differences in ionic radiuses.
3.4 Influence of Presence of other Metal ions
Industrial effluents can be contaminated by one or more metal ions; in this research it was considered important
to compare the biosorption rates in each metal ion whether it occupied the wastewater alone or in company of
other metal ions. The ANOVA results are summarized in the table 2 below.
Table 2: Summary of one way ANOVA results comparing influence of mixing metal ions on biosorption
rates
Parameter P-value Fcalculated Fcritical
Cu2+
0.915033 0.011749 4.4940
Pb2+
0.146008 2.335175 4.4940
Zn2+
0.261049 1.357498 4.4940
The test revealed that whether the metal ions are mixed or in presence of others they were biosorbed in the same
way since the p-value was greater than 0.05. Most probably ionic size plays a greater role than presence of other
metal ions.
3.5 Adsorption isotherms
Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were used to describe the adsorption process and to reveal the nature of
biosorbent surface. The Langmuir isotherm model assumes that the sorption process forms a monolayer at the
surface and that the surface has a finite number of identical sites. This isotherm can be defined according to the
following equation:






+
=
e
e
bC
bC
qq
1
max
where q is the amount of adsorbed metal per unit weight biomass at equilibrium (mg/g), Ce is the residual metal
concentration in solution at equilibrium (mg/l), qmax is the maximum amount of metal per unit of biomass (mg/g)
and b is a constant related to the affinity of the binding sites (l/mg). A graph of Langmuir isotherm for Cu when
single and in mix with other metal ions is shown below:
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Figure 5: Graphs of Langmuir isotherms model for Cu in single and when in mix with other metal ions.
On the other hand, Freundlich isotherm is used for modeling the adsorption on heterogeneous surfaces. This
isotherm can be described as follows:
qe= Kf (Ce)1/n
where Kf and n are the Freundlich constants related to the adsorption capacity and intensity of the sorbent,
respectively. For the linearized forms of equation were used to draw the linearized plots as shown in the figure
below for Cu.
Figure 6: Graph of Freundlich isotherm model for Cu in single and when in mix with other metal ions.
The linearized graphs aided calculation of the contants qmax and b for langmuir that used predict the amount of
metal uptake to the surface and the affinity of metal ions to the active sites present at the surface of the
biosorbent, respectively. The constants of Freundlich isotherm were ignored since the data did not fit the model
and hence could not be used to predict amount biosorbed nor affinity of the metal ions to the surface. The
constants for Langmuir model are summarized in the table below;
Table 3: Summary of Langmuir constants
Metal Single Mixed
qmax B R2
qmax b R2
Cu 6.3291 0.2355 0.990 2.6667 0.1653 0.997
Pb 9.900 2.886 0.998 10.5263 2.1589 0.999
Zn 1.7990 0.0611 0.918 0.7369 0.0470 0.994
The data fitted Langmuir for both Pb and Zn just like Cu as demonstrated in figure 5 and 6. This, therefore,
means that the surface of brown algae has homogenious a surface with finite number of identical sites. qmax
predicted that the order of decreasing quantity of metal ion biosorbed was Pb> Cu> Zn, b also predicted that the
order of decreasing affinity to the active sites present in the algae were Pb> Cu> Zn. This was in agreement with
the order predicted by qe of pseudo second order. It also agrees with finding of other researches (Mata el al.,
2008, Volesky and Chong, 1995, Volesky et al., 1995).
4. Conclusion
The affinity to functional groups present in the algae depends on the type of the metal ion. When metal ions
appear singly or when mixed with other metal ions it does not affect the rate of biosorption. The data obtained
fitted Langmuir more than Freundlich isotherm suggesting that the surface of biosorbent in homogeneous and
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characterized with finite number of identical active sites based on assumptions of Langmuir isotherm. The order
of the reaction was deduced to follow pseudo second order meaning that the biosorption process is dependent on
both concentration of metal ion and biosorbent. The order of reaction was obtained by appropriate plots for first
and second order; the correlation coefficient (R2
) from the linearized graphs showed that the linearized graphs of
second order had higher values. The Ascophyllum nodosum proved to be efficient reaching over 50% for Cu, Pb,
and Zn.
5. Recommendation
Industries whose effluents are contaminated with heavy metals especially Cu, Pb and Zn whether singly or
mixed can employ brown algae as the biosorbent. A 0.25g of the brown algae should be used for every 100 mL
of wastewater at pH of 5 and at room temperature (20- 24o
C). The industry should monitor the concentration of
the individual heavy metals and apply the algae sequentially until all the metal ions are removed completely or to
acceptable level.
6. Acknowledgements
The authors are indebted to Chepkoilel University College and JKUAT for technical support.
Reference
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Biomass”. Journal of Biotechnology, 5( 2): 133-140.
Mohamad, H. (2008), “Biosorption of Cadmium from Aqueous Solution using Dead Biomass of Brown Alga
Sargassum Sp.” Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology(Tehran
Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran. Msc. Thesis.
Mata, Y.N., Bl´azquez, M.L., Ballester, A., Gonz´alez, F. ,Mu˜noz, J.A. (2008), “Characterization of the
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  • 1. Chemistry and Materials Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224- 3224 (Print) ISSN 2225- 0956 (Online) Vol.3 No.8, 2013 1 Comparative Study of Rates of Biosorption for Selected Single and Mixed Metal Ions using Natural Products Kiplagat Ayabei * Lusweti Kituyi Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, School of Science, Chepkoilel University College, P.O BOX 1125, Eldoret, Kenya * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ayabs2005@gmail.com Abstract Heavy metals are usually found in low concentrations in natural aquatic ecosystem. In recent times, however, the occurrence of metal contaminants especially heavy metals in excess of natural loads has become a problem of increasing concern. The contributing factors are rapid growth of population, increased urbanization and expansion of industrial activities, exploration and exploitation of natural resources, extension of irrigation and other modern agricultural practices as well as lack of environmental regulations. This therefore, calls for efficient, cheap, available and non polluting method of controlling presence of heavy metals in water bodies. Use of natural biosorbents such as algae has demonstrated great potential to remove heavy metals from wastewater. An investigation of the effect of contact time, reaction kinetics, influence of ionic sizes and influence of presence of other metal ions in biosorption of heavy metals Cu, Zn and Pb using Ascophyllum nodosum has been done. Model wastewater solution containing a known concentration of the given heavy metal ions was prepared for both single and mixed at a fixed pH of 5. A 0.25g mass of dry algae was introduced for every 100 mL solution. Change in level of concentration was monitored at intervals of 10 minutes using AAS until the rate of biosorption was almost constant. The sorption process occurred in two stages; first being rapid adsorption and then gradual adsorption that was almost constant. Pb was most biosorbed while Zn was least for both systems, adopting the order Pb > Cu > Zn. The data obtained fitted both Langmuir isotherm and experimental parameters were determined. The order of reaction was found to follow pseudo second order after comparison of R2 values that were deduced from first and second order linearized plots. Key words: Biosorption, heavy metals, algae, wastewater, pollution 1. Introduction Worldwide human population is increasing leading to prompt growth of industries with the sole purpose of satisfying their needs. Consequently, waste products are generated; some are renewable while others are unrenewable of which they are disposed to the environment via adjacent streams or public sewers. There is need therefore to monitor the levels of harmful contaminants prior to their discharge. Industries have applied several conventional techniques in order to comply with acceptable levels that are specified by governments and local authorities. The conventional techniques include chemical precipitation, chemical oxidation and reduction, ion- exchange, filtration, electrochemical treatment, reverse osmosis (membrane technologies), evaporative recovery and solvent extraction. These techniques give rise to several problems such as unpredictable metal ions removal and generation of toxic sludge which are often difficult to dewater and require extreme caution in their disposal. Besides that, most of these methods also present some limitations whereby they are only economically viable at high or moderate concentrations of metals but not at low concentrations from 1 to 100 mg/L of dissolved metal ions (Cossich et al., 2001). Heavy metal removal by classical techniques involves expensive methodologies. These are due to high energy and reagent requirements (Xia and Liyuan, 2002). The current study aimed at evaluating the efficiency of Ascophyllum nodosum in removal of Cu, Zn and Pb from wastewater and investigating the effect of mixed metal ions in comparison to single metal ions. 2. Materials and Methods 2.1 Biomass preparation The brown algae Ascophyllum nodosum was used as biosorbent for the biosorption of the metal ions. Samples of marine alga were collected from the coastal region, Kenya. The algae were washed several times with tap water then distilled water to remove impurities and salts. The biomass was sun-dried and then dried in an oven at 60 °C for 48 hours (Mohamad, 2008). The dried alga biomass was cut into small pieces, ground in a mortar and subsequently sieved and the particles with an average size of 0.5mm were used for biosorption. 1.2 Metal ion Solution Preparation Model solution containing Cu, Pb and Zn were prepared at approximately 50 mg/L and pH adjusted to 5 using nitric acid or sodium hydroxide, 0.25g of dry algae was introduced for every 100 mL solution, stirred for seven minutes and the solution allowed to settle, after ten minutes 1 mL of solution was withdrawn ready for the concentration determination using AAS (Model A A-6200, Shimadzu, Corp., Kyoto, Japan). The same was
  • 2. Chemistry and Materials Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224- 3224 (Print) ISSN 2225- 0956 (Online) Vol.3 No.8, 2013 2 repeated at the intervals of ten minutes until change in concentration was almost constant. The preliminaries showed that after 80 minutes the was no further change in concentration hence for uniformity reasons, the biosorption process for all cases were carried out for eighty minutes. 3. Results and Discussion 3.1 Reaction Kinetics The dependence of a chemical reaction on initial reactant concentration can be shown by a rate equation. The rate equation gives an expression of the variation in concentration with time. The order of reaction was deduced from the integrated rate equation by appropriate plot of variables to give a linearized plot. A reaction can either be pseudo first order or pseudo second order. The first order rate equation for metal adsorption on algae is; ( )te t qqk t q −= ∂ ∂ 1 where qt and qe are the masses of metal adsorbed by the algae in (mg/g) at any time t and at equilibrium respectively, k1 is the rate constant for the adsorption. On integration, equation (i) gives the solution; ( )tee qqqtk −−= lnln1 ………… (ii) Plot of time t against ln(qe – qt ) gave a straight line. The following figures (a - d) shows the plots 1st and 2nd order kinetics for Cu when single and when in mix with Zn and Pb. Figure 1: Graphs (a-d) comparing 1st and 2nd order for single and mixed metal ions The second order rate equation can be represented as; ( )2 2 te t qqk t q −= ∂ ∂ …...................... (iii) Where k2 is the second order rate constant, qe and qt have same meanings as before. Upon integration, equation (iii) gives the solution; 2 2 1 eet qkq t q t += …………………… (iv) The plot of t/qt against t gave a straight line as shown in figure 1 (a) and (b) from which the rate constant k2 and qe were calculated.
  • 3. Chemistry and Materials Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224- 3224 (Print) ISSN 2225- 0956 (Online) Vol.3 No.8, 2013 3 The linearity of the graphs reveals that the reaction kinetics is best described by 2nd order kinetics hence deduced constants can be summarized in the table below; Table 1: Summary of constants for pseudo second order for the mixed and single metal ions Metal Pseudo second order Singles Mixed K2 qe R2 K2 qe R2 Cu2+ 0.01937 11.7647 0.997 0.064 5.6818 0.998 Pb2+ 0.041886 12.6582 0.999 0.023876 16.1290 0.998 Zn2+ 0.005628 9.9000 0.959 0.06723 3.8020 0.999 The quantity of metal uptake at equilibrium (qe) was paramount in prediction of order of preference on biosorption of metal ions to the surface especially when the metal ions were mixed. The analysis revealed that the order of preference to the active sites present in the algae was Pb >Cu> Zn, the order was the same even for single metal uptake. It should be noticed also that when the metals were mixed qe for Pb was high due to its large ionic size hence occupying large number of active sites consequently qe for Cu and Zn were small compared to when they were single. 1.2 Effect of Contact Time Among my research questions was” for how long should the biosorbent be in contact with the metal ions?” therefore, estimation of the time required for quantitative amount of uptake of the metal ions from the solution was essential. As outlined in the methodology, the initial concentration of any given metal ion was predetermined prior to introduction of the biosorbent and change in concentration monitored until change in concentration was almost constant. To determine the average time required for maximum biosorption onto the surface, a graph of time in minutes against quantity of the metal uptake was plotted has shown below. Figure 2: Graphs showing effect of contact time on the amount of metal uptake It was deduced from the plots that the adorption process ocurred in two stages; the first stage being rapid and the later being gradual. The first stage occurred within the first 20- 30 minutes and this was due to infinite number of active sites, the second stage occurred when most of the active sites had been occupied and hence involved diffusion of the metal ions into the cells of the algae. 3.3 Influence of Ionic Sizes Biosorption rates for different metal ions were compared to establish whether the algae biosorbed Cu2+ , Pb2+ , and Zn2+ in the same manner or differently. Investigation was done for both single and metal ions. One way ANOVA at 95% confidence level was used to test whether there was significant difference or not. The results of the test are summarized in figures 3 and 4 below.
  • 4. Chemistry and Materials Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224- 3224 (Print) ISSN 2225- 0956 (Online) Vol.3 No.8, 2013 4 ANOVA singles (Cu, Pb and Zn) Source of Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit Between Groups 1721.519 2 860.7593 11.63477 0.000293 3.402826 Within Groups 1775.559 24 73.98161 Total 3497.077 26 Figure 3: One way ANOVA results for comparison of biosorption rates Cu, Pb and Zn for single metal ions. ANOVA Mix (Cu, Pb and Zn) Source of Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit Between Groups 2106.461 2 1053.23 16.43357 3.19E-05 3.402826 Within Groups 1538.164 24 64.09018 Total 3644.625 26 Figure 4: One way ANOVA results for comparison of biosorption rates Cu, Pb and Zn for single metal ions. From the ANOVA results it can be seen that p- value for both mixed and single metal ions is less that 0.05 implying that the biosorption of the three metal ions whether they appear in the wastewater alone or in mix with others they are biosorbed differently, this is attributed to differences in ionic radiuses. 3.4 Influence of Presence of other Metal ions Industrial effluents can be contaminated by one or more metal ions; in this research it was considered important to compare the biosorption rates in each metal ion whether it occupied the wastewater alone or in company of other metal ions. The ANOVA results are summarized in the table 2 below. Table 2: Summary of one way ANOVA results comparing influence of mixing metal ions on biosorption rates Parameter P-value Fcalculated Fcritical Cu2+ 0.915033 0.011749 4.4940 Pb2+ 0.146008 2.335175 4.4940 Zn2+ 0.261049 1.357498 4.4940 The test revealed that whether the metal ions are mixed or in presence of others they were biosorbed in the same way since the p-value was greater than 0.05. Most probably ionic size plays a greater role than presence of other metal ions. 3.5 Adsorption isotherms Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were used to describe the adsorption process and to reveal the nature of biosorbent surface. The Langmuir isotherm model assumes that the sorption process forms a monolayer at the surface and that the surface has a finite number of identical sites. This isotherm can be defined according to the following equation:       + = e e bC bC qq 1 max where q is the amount of adsorbed metal per unit weight biomass at equilibrium (mg/g), Ce is the residual metal concentration in solution at equilibrium (mg/l), qmax is the maximum amount of metal per unit of biomass (mg/g) and b is a constant related to the affinity of the binding sites (l/mg). A graph of Langmuir isotherm for Cu when single and in mix with other metal ions is shown below:
  • 5. Chemistry and Materials Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224- 3224 (Print) ISSN 2225- 0956 (Online) Vol.3 No.8, 2013 5 Figure 5: Graphs of Langmuir isotherms model for Cu in single and when in mix with other metal ions. On the other hand, Freundlich isotherm is used for modeling the adsorption on heterogeneous surfaces. This isotherm can be described as follows: qe= Kf (Ce)1/n where Kf and n are the Freundlich constants related to the adsorption capacity and intensity of the sorbent, respectively. For the linearized forms of equation were used to draw the linearized plots as shown in the figure below for Cu. Figure 6: Graph of Freundlich isotherm model for Cu in single and when in mix with other metal ions. The linearized graphs aided calculation of the contants qmax and b for langmuir that used predict the amount of metal uptake to the surface and the affinity of metal ions to the active sites present at the surface of the biosorbent, respectively. The constants of Freundlich isotherm were ignored since the data did not fit the model and hence could not be used to predict amount biosorbed nor affinity of the metal ions to the surface. The constants for Langmuir model are summarized in the table below; Table 3: Summary of Langmuir constants Metal Single Mixed qmax B R2 qmax b R2 Cu 6.3291 0.2355 0.990 2.6667 0.1653 0.997 Pb 9.900 2.886 0.998 10.5263 2.1589 0.999 Zn 1.7990 0.0611 0.918 0.7369 0.0470 0.994 The data fitted Langmuir for both Pb and Zn just like Cu as demonstrated in figure 5 and 6. This, therefore, means that the surface of brown algae has homogenious a surface with finite number of identical sites. qmax predicted that the order of decreasing quantity of metal ion biosorbed was Pb> Cu> Zn, b also predicted that the order of decreasing affinity to the active sites present in the algae were Pb> Cu> Zn. This was in agreement with the order predicted by qe of pseudo second order. It also agrees with finding of other researches (Mata el al., 2008, Volesky and Chong, 1995, Volesky et al., 1995). 4. Conclusion The affinity to functional groups present in the algae depends on the type of the metal ion. When metal ions appear singly or when mixed with other metal ions it does not affect the rate of biosorption. The data obtained fitted Langmuir more than Freundlich isotherm suggesting that the surface of biosorbent in homogeneous and
  • 6. Chemistry and Materials Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224- 3224 (Print) ISSN 2225- 0956 (Online) Vol.3 No.8, 2013 6 characterized with finite number of identical active sites based on assumptions of Langmuir isotherm. The order of the reaction was deduced to follow pseudo second order meaning that the biosorption process is dependent on both concentration of metal ion and biosorbent. The order of reaction was obtained by appropriate plots for first and second order; the correlation coefficient (R2 ) from the linearized graphs showed that the linearized graphs of second order had higher values. The Ascophyllum nodosum proved to be efficient reaching over 50% for Cu, Pb, and Zn. 5. Recommendation Industries whose effluents are contaminated with heavy metals especially Cu, Pb and Zn whether singly or mixed can employ brown algae as the biosorbent. A 0.25g of the brown algae should be used for every 100 mL of wastewater at pH of 5 and at room temperature (20- 24o C). The industry should monitor the concentration of the individual heavy metals and apply the algae sequentially until all the metal ions are removed completely or to acceptable level. 6. Acknowledgements The authors are indebted to Chepkoilel University College and JKUAT for technical support. Reference Cossich, E.S., Tavares, C.R.G., Ravagnani, T.M.K. (2001), “Biosorption of Chromium (III) by Sargassum sp. Biomass”. Journal of Biotechnology, 5( 2): 133-140. Mohamad, H. (2008), “Biosorption of Cadmium from Aqueous Solution using Dead Biomass of Brown Alga Sargassum Sp.” Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology(Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran. Msc. Thesis. Mata, Y.N., Bl´azquez, M.L., Ballester, A., Gonz´alez, F. ,Mu˜noz, J.A. (2008), “Characterization of the biosorption of cadmium, lead and copper with the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus.” Journal of Hazardous Materials 158: 316–323. Volesky, B., de Carvalho, R. P., Chong, K.H. (1995), “Evaluation of the Cd, Cu, and Zn Biosorption in Two- Metal Systems Using an Algal Biosorbent.” Biotechnol. Prog. 11(1): 39-44 Volesky, B., Chong, K. H.(1995), “Metal Biosorption Equilibria in a Ternary System”. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 49: 629-638.
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