Abstract
The equilibrium and the kinetics of BSA adsorption onto specific surface area changed TiO 2 by heat treatment were studied. The TiO 2 was treated at 100 and 200 °C for 24 h. The specific surface areas of TiO 2 characterized by BET method were measured as 48.9 m 2/g and 53.0 m 2/g for 100 and 200 °C, respectively. The adsorption rate and the equilibrium experiments were carried out at pH 4 for 40 °C. The rate kinetics for the adsorption of BSA was best fitted with the pseudo-first-order kinetic model. The equilibrium process was described by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. The adsorption capacities ( Q 0) calculated from the Langmuir isotherm model were 40.6 and 44.4 mg/g for heat-treated TiO 2 at 100 and 200 °C, respectively. The adsorption of BSA increased with increasing surface area of TiO 2. The zeta potential values of the 100- and 200 °C-treated TiO 2 were found as −2.57 mV and 0.39 mV, respectively, showing that the interaction between TiO 2 with BSA increased with increasing temperature of heat treatment for TiO 2.
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