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Bio sorption Studies of Chromium Ions with Modified Chicken Feathers

Volume 1 - Issue 7

Rakesh KE and Rosy Antony*

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- Research Department of Chemistry, Nirmalagiri College, India
*Corresponding author: Rosy Antony, PG and Research Department of Chemistry, Nirmalagiri College, Kuthuparamba-670701, India

Received: November 15, 2017; Published: December 01, 2017

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000558

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Abstract

Modified chicken feather has been used as biosorbent for removing chromium ions from aqueous solution. The adsorption capacity tests were performed on an equilibrium batch basis. The parameters such as contact time, biosorbent dose, pH etc were optimized and were found to be 2 hrs, 100 mg & pH 6.0. Equilibrium isotherms were analyzed for the adsorption process and Freundlich adsorption isotherm model was found to fit the data well. The kinetics of adsorption followed pseudo-second order model.

Keywords: Modified Chicken Feather; Bio sorption; Chromium ions; Freundlich isotherm; Pseudo second order