화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.14, No.1, 28-37, January, 2008
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2007.06.003  Export Citation
The investigation of the potential of activated hard shell of apricot stones as gold adsorbents
Mansooreh Soleimani, and Tahereh Kaghazchi†
  • Faculty of Chemical Engineering, AmirKabir University of Technology, No. 424, Hafez Avenue, PO Box 15875, 4413 Tehran, Iran
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Activated carbon is the most widely used adsorbent for the recovery of metal ions from dilute solutions. In this work the potential of activated carbon produced from hard shell of Iranian apricot stones for the gold recovery from electro-plating wastewater was investigated. The effect of parameters such as dose of activated carbon, particle size of activated carbon, pH and agitation speed of mixing on the gold adsorption was studied. The equilibrium data were analyzed using the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. Isotherms have been used to obtain thermodynamic parameters. The results showed that under the optimum operating conditions, more than 98% of gold was adsorbed onto activated carbon after only 3 h. In addition. the adsorbed gold could be eluted from this carbon by improved stripping method. The process involves contact of gold laden activated carbon with a strong base at ambient temperatures followed by elution with an aqueous solution containing an organic solvent. It was found that activated carbon produced from hard shell of apricot stones have high potential to be used instead of imported commercial activated carbons in gold adsorption processes. (c) 2007 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:recovery;gold ions;activated carbon;hard shell of apricot stones;industrial wastewater
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