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Abstract
The objective of this research was to study the efficacy of the marine brown alga Sargassum glaucescens in batch removal of Zn(II) from wastewater and seawater. For these experiments, a dried biomass was used to adsorb Zn(II) from aqueous solutions. The effects of varying pH, biomass weight, retention time and initial concentration of Zn(II) were studied. The maximum efficiency of Zn(II) removal obtained was 90.00%. The experimental adsorption data were fitted to the Freundlich adsorption model. A pseudo-second-order model was found to offer the best analysis of Zn(II) uptake. Kinetic studies showed that a biomass formed of marine-dried S. glaucescens exhibited high biosorption capacity. A solution pH of 5.0 was found to be optimal for adsorption. Results showed that removal of Zn(II), increased to 90.00% with increasing contact time, increasing pH (to 5.0) and decreasing adsorbent amount. The equilibrium adsorption data are fitted to the Freundlich isotherm model and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. Therefore, brown algae Sargassum glaucescens was an economical adsorbent.
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