As(III) removal using engineered biochar synthesized from waste biomass of a Timber plant refuse

Lata Verma1* and Jiwan Singh1

1Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow-226025, India

ARTICLE INFOR: Received on 02 April 2022; Accepted on 26 May 2022, Published on 30 June 2022

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: (L.Verma) Email- lataverma2501@gmail.com 

Journal of Applied Science, Innovation & Technology 1(1), 6-9 (2022)

Abstract

The present study is dealing with the utilization of timber plant waste biomass for the synthesis of MnO2-modified biochar (MnBC). The biochar was synthesized by the process of thermal pyrolysis of pretreated biomass with MnO2 at a high temperature (800 °C). Modification of biomass with MnO2 adds more oxygenated groups to the biochar that enhance adsorption capacity of adsorbent. The synthesized biochar material was characterized using different analytical techniques like; EDX (Energy Dispersive X-ray), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy) and point of zero charge (pHZPC). The batch adsorption study was conducted for optimizing the process of As(III) adsorption via MnBC. The maximum adsorption capacity was 0.577 mg/g found at 2.5 mg/L initial concentration. The temperature study shows that the process of adsorption was endothermic.

Keywords: Arsenic; biochar; adsorption; kinetics; isotherms

Scope: Environmental Engineering

 

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