Abstract:
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to prepare and investigate the adsorption behavior of acetic acid onto two samples of
activated carbon prepared from Acacia nilotica var astringens, Sunt tree,( SUNT-C1 and SUNT-C2).
Applicability Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin-Radushkevitch models of adsorptions isotherm have
been tested, while acetic acid initial concentration varied between (0.010 – 0.300) mol/dm3. A comparative study
of adsorption capacities of these samples was performed. The obtained data were compared and fitted well with
the four models; there exist a correlation between physico- chemical properties of the activated carbons and the
sorption processes. The maximum monolayer coverage (Qo) from Langmuir isotherm model was determined to
be 1.016mg/g. Also from Freundlich Isotherm model, the sorption intensity (n) which indicates favourable
sorption and the correlation value are 1.11 and 1.09 respectively.
