Abstract
Cadmium-induced water pollution is a major environmental issue because of its persistent nature and adverse ecological impacts. Adsorption is a highly favored method due to its versatility and high efficacy in cadmium removal. Hence, the present work aims to develop a low-cost, highly effective adsorbent-dolochar-derived nanoporous zeolite to easily and effectively purify Cd(II) polluted water. The work focuses on the Cd(II) batch adsorption study using the optimal hydrothermal synthesis of a crystalline faujasite Zeolite X (ZX) from dolochar. The synthesis parameters were optimized using Response Surface Methodology, specifically Box Behnken Design (RSM-BBD), to maximize the crystallinity percentage. Variables such as initial Cd(II) concentration, solution pH, dosage, time, and temperature were studied for the Cd(II) batch adsorption study. The optimum conditions for synthesizing ZX include NaOH/Dolochar, crystallization temperature, and crystallization time of 1.375, 100 °C, and 11 h, respectively. The resultant XRD structure exhibited an average crystal size and crystallinity of 0.79 μm and 87.231 %, respectively. The average pore size, micropore volume, micropore area, and total surface area were 3.316 nm, 0.311 cc. g−1, 567.226 m2 g−1, and 583.117 m2 g−1, respectively. The maximum removal was accomplished with optimum conditions of 0.25 g.L−1 dosage, 80 min, at 313.15 K, and 6.5 pH. Adsorption isotherm results agreed with those hypothesized by Freundlich isotherm, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 714.285 mg g−1, and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model describes the adsorption kinetics well. The relevance of the results highlights the importance of using this dolochar-derived nanoporous zeolite as an adsorbent to effectively treat Cd(II) containing wastewater.
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