Title of article
Adsorption study of Zinc ion onto halloysite nanotubes using taguchi’s design of experimental methodology
Author/Authors
Kiani, Gholamreza School of Engineering-Emerging Technologies - University of Tabriz, Tabriz , Soltanzadeh, Mehdi School of Engineering-Emerging Technologies - University of Tabriz, Tabriz , Ahadzadeh, Iraj Department of Physical Chemistry - Faculty of Chemistry - University of Tabriz, Tabriz
Pages
14
From page
246
To page
259
Abstract
In this paper, Taguchi method was applied to determine the optimum conditions for Zn (II) removal from aqueous solution by halloysite nanotubes (HNTs). An orthogonal array experimental design (L16 (45) which is of five control factors including pH, t (contact time), m (adsorbent mass), T (temperature) and C0 (initial concentration of Zn (II)) having four levels was employed. Adsorption capacity (mg/g) and removal percent (%) were investigated as the quality characteristics to be optimized. In order to determine the optimum levels of the control factors precisely, range analysis and analysis of variance were performed. For removal percent, the optimum condition was found to be pH=6, T=35°C, w=0.4 g, and C0=50 mg/L. Under these optimum conditions, adsorption capacity and removal percent can reach to 132.16 mg/g and 99.76%, respectively.
Keywords
Adsorption , Halloysite Nanotubes , Heavy Metal Ions , Optimization , Taguchi method
Serial Year
2018
Record number
2492443
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