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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 250, 2018
The 12th International Civil Engineering Post Graduate Conference (SEPKA) – The 3rd International Symposium on Expertise of Engineering Design (ISEED) (SEPKA-ISEED 2018)
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| Article Number | 06013 | |
| Number of page(s) | 11 | |
| Section | Environmental Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201825006013 | |
| Published online | 11 December 2018 | |
Adsorption of phosphate from aqueous solutions using waste mussel shell
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School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
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Muhammadiyah University of Prof. Dr. Hamka, 12130 Jakarta, Indonesia
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Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
* Corresponding author: mhafizputeh@utm.my
Excessive amount of phosphate released from wastewater can cause eutrophication to the receiving waters. Adsorption technique has been used to remove phosphate from aqueous solutions. The use of waste mussel shell (WMS) to remove phosphate from aqueous solutions and application of several kinetic and isotherm models to describe the adsorption of phosphate onto WMS were conducted in batch experiments. The phosphate adsorption by the WMS was examined with respect to solute concentration, contact time and adsorbent dose. The phosphate removal efficiencies obtained were 46.7, 57.6, 64.1, 70.8 and 75.2% at 144 h contact time for WMS dosage of 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 g, respectively. Physical and chemical properties of WMS including surface physical morphology and elemental compositions were characterized. A comparison of kinetic models applied to the phosphate adsorption onto WMS was evaluated for the pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order model. The experimental data fitted very well with the pseudo-second order kinetic model (R2 > 0.984), which indicated the adsorption process was chemisorption. In the isotherm studies, the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were applied. The results indicated that the use of Freundlich equation is well described with the phosphate adsorptions onto WMS (R2 = 0.968), suggesting the heterogeneity of the adsorbent surface. The experimental results suggested the use of WMS as an excellent adsorption material for phosphate removal from aqueous solutions, giving new insights into environmental engineering practices.
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