Efficient Adsorption Kinetic Studies of Chromium from Effluents Using Ziziphus mauritiana Leaf Extract Mediated TiO2 Nanoparticles
Zobia Yaseen
Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
Khalid Mehmood
Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ibrahim
Department of Mathematics, School of Sciences, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ammara Yaseen
Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan.
Ayesha Ihsan
Department of Physics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ali Raza
Department of Chemistry, Govt. Graduate College Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan.
Aakash Hassan
Department of Chemistry, Govt. Graduate College Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan.
Ghulam Shabir
Department of Chemistry, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Tayyaba Shabir
Department of Chemistry, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan.
Nasir Abbas *
Department of Chemistry, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Water plays a remarkable role in the natural structure of a living organism as people's bodies comprise 60% water by weight. Water contamination due to negative industrialization and anthropogenic activities is a huge hazard to humanity. The water quality is degraded by the discharge of organic and Inorganic compounds, Pathogens, herbicides, pesticides, drugs, heavy metals, and macroscopic pollutants in the water bodies, leading to a decrease in the oxygen in the water. Heavy metals are well-defined habitat pollutants because of their toxicity and bio accumulative nature. The adsorption method is more appealing to researchers because of its extraordinary potential to remove toxic metals, in which adsorbate are attached to the solid surface of adsorbent through physiochemical interactions. In the current research, the plant leaf extract of Ziziphus mauritiana was subjected to synthesize TiO2. For Chromium removal from an aqueous solution, TiO2 nanoparticles will be used. UV-Visible, FTIR, powder and SEM will be employed to characterize nanoparticle synthesis. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer will be employed for heavy metal removal analysis before and after adsorption. pH, dosage rate, concentration, and contact time were among the various experimental activities used. Finally, to improve the results, experimental statistics were applied to all recorded data.
Keywords: Nanotechnology, green synthesis, titanium dioxide nanoparticles, Ziziphus mauritiana leaves, adsorption, kinetic, equilibrium modeling