Chromium removal from water by activated carbon developed from waste rubber tires
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Because of the continuous production of large amount of waste tires, the disposal of waste tires represents a major environmental issue throughout the world. This paper reports the utilization of waste tires (hard-to-dispose waste) as a precursor in the production of activated carbons (pollution-cleaning adsorbent). In the preparation of activated carbon (AC), waste rubber tire (WRT) was thermally treated and activated. The tire-derived activated carbon was characterized by means of scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, FTIR spectrophotometer, and X-ray diffraction. In the IR spectrum, a number of bands centred at about 3409, 2350, 1710, 1650, and 1300-1000 cm(-1) prove the present of hydroxyl and carboxyl groups on the surface of AC in addition to C═C double bonds. The developed AC was tested and evaluated as potential adsorbent removal of chromium (III). Experimental parameters, such as contact time, initial concentration, adsorbent dosage and pH were optimized. A rapid uptake of chromium ions was observed and the equilibrium is achieved in 1 h. It was also found that the adsorption process is pH dependent. This work adds to the global discussion of the cost-effective utilization of waste rubber tires for waste water treatment.
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- Authors
- Gupta, V. K., Ali, I., Saleh, T. A., Siddiqui, M. N., & Agarwal, S.
- Affiliations
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (SA)
- Jamia Millia Islamia (IN)
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Gupta, Vinod Kumar
- Venue
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Published
- 2012-05-10
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1261-1268
- ISSN
- 0944-1344 (ISSN-L)
- 1614-7499
- OpenAlex
- W1996766631
- Cited by
- 429
- References
- 36
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- FWCI
- 17.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Keywords
- chromium removal, activated carbon, waste tires, adsorption, heavy metal removal, wastewater treatment, pH effect on adsorption, surface functional groups, waste tire recycling
- MeSH terms
- Adsorption, Charcoal, Chromium, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Rubber, Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission, X-Ray Diffraction, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Water Purification, Wastewater
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