Isothermal Modelling of the Adsorption of Cadmium onto Activated Carbon from Tridax procumbens

Authors

  • Muhammed Abdullahi Ubana Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, D.E, Malaysia.
  • Murtala Ya'u Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011. Gwarzo Road Kano, Nigeria.
  • Ain Aqilah Basirun Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011. Gwarzo Road Kano, Nigeria.
  • Mohd Khalizan Sabullah Biotechnology Programme, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
  • Nur Adeela Yasid Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, D.E, Malaysia.
  • Mohd Yunus Shukor Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, D.E, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54987/ajpb.v4i1.696

Keywords:

Biosorption, Cadmium, Isotherm, Activated carbon, Tridax procumbens

Abstract

There is currently no feasible method of recycling Cd compounds, despite the fact that Cd production, consumption, and environmental release have all skyrocketed in recent decades. This raises serious concerns about the potential dangers of Cd compounds to human health. This highlights the pressing need for cadmium pollution cleanup. Biosorption is one of several viable technologies with several advantages, including low operating costs, very efficient detoxification of toxicants at low concentrations, and a low amount of disposal materials. The biosorption of cadmium onto activated carbon from Tridax procumbens is remodeled using nonlinear regression and the optimal mode was determined by a series of error function assessments. The Freundlich model performed best in statistical tests including root-mean-square error (RMSE), adjusted coefficient of determination (adjR2), bias factor (BF), accuracy factor (AF), and corrected Akaike Information Criterion (AICc). This is in contrast to the published work using a linearized form where the Langmuir model best represents the biosorption. The calculated Freundlich parameters kF value using nonlinear regression was 1.501 (1/g) (95% confidence interval from 1.223 to 1.778) and nF value of 4.943 (95% C.I. from 3.492 to 6.393). Confidence intervals for the uncertainty range can be calculated using nonlinear modeling and then used for model comparison and discriminant analysis.

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31.07.2022

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Ubana, M. A., Ya’u, M., Basirun, A. A. ., Sabullah, M. K., Yasid, N. A., & Shukor, M. Y. (2022). Isothermal Modelling of the Adsorption of Cadmium onto Activated Carbon from Tridax procumbens. Asian Journal of Plant Biology, 4(1), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.54987/ajpb.v4i1.696

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