Abstract
Indigenous hematite iron ore was chemically activated as a function of various hydrogen peroxide concentrations (0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2.0M), activation time, and iron ore size. Adsorption potential was evaluated at various initial arsenic concentrations, contact time, adsorbent dose, and particle size. Maximum 95% removal efficiency was achieved at 600-μm size of iron ore, activated with 0.5M concentration of hydrogen peroxide at 24h of activation time. The experimental data were further evaluated through Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The maximum 14.46mg/g of adsorption capacity was observed through Langmuir isotherm. Moreover, adsorption kinetics was evaluated using pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetics, and the intra-particle diffusion model. The kinetics of arsenic adsorption was best described by using the pseudo-first-order kinetics with a kinetic rate of 0.621min-1. The hematite iron ore before and after arsenic adsorption was characterized by XRD, SEM, and EDX.
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