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Immobilization of rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) peel as a sorbent for Basic Fuchsin removal

Lee H.-J., Ong S.-T.

Environment Protection Engineering

2017

Vol. 43, nr 1

169--181

The potential of rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) peel as a low-cost adsorbent in an immobilized condition to remove Basic Fuchsin from aqueous solution was studied. The effect of initial dye concentration, contact time, pH and adsorbent dosage for the dye removal was studied at room temperature (26±2 °C). Infrared spectrum of rambutan peel indicates the presence of C–O, –OH and C=C functional groups. The adsorption rate was found to be high at the first 30 min and the process reached equilibrium after 3 h with more than 80% of dye being removed. The uptake of Basic Fuchsin was more promising at pH slightly above 7. The study of sorption model and kinetic model showed that the adsorption of Basic Fuchsin on rambutan peel conformed to the Freundlich isotherm and pseudo-second order kinetics with a high correlation coefficient, R,sup>2 > 0.98. This indicates the Basic Fuchsin adsorbs chemically on the heterogeneous surface of rambutan peel. The maximum adsorption capacity determined from the Langmuir isotherm was 108.696 mg/g. It seems that rambutan peel has the potential to substitute activated carbon as an alternative low-cost adsorbent in the treatment of the dye effluent.