Shandong Science ›› 2020, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 133-140.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2020.03.019

• Environment and Ecology • Previous Articles    

Modified corncob and its adsorption of Cr6+ in wastewater

LI Hong-cui,GUO An-qi,LI Yu-rong   

  1. School of Chemistry and Biology Engineering, Qilu Institute of Technology, Jinan 250200,China
  • Online:2020-05-29 Published:2020-06-02

Abstract: Corncob was selected as an adsorbent to study its adsorption of Cr6+ in wastewater. Corncob was modified due to its poor adsorption effect. Subsequent to being modified with H3PO4, NaOH, and NaNO2 solutions, corncob had expanded pores and increased specific surface area so that it could efficiently eliminate Cr6+ in wastewater. The experimental results show that when the initial concentration of Cr6+ in the simulated wastewater is 20 mg/L and its volume is 50.00 mL, modified corncob dosage of 0.040 g, pH of 5.00, and adsorption time of 20 min, corncob modified using NaOH solution exhibit best adsorption effect. The highest Cr6+ removal in wastewater is 96.83%. At this time, the Cr6+ adsorption process by modified corncobs is fairly consistent with the Freundlich adsorption isotherm model and the pseudo-second-order kinetic model.

Key words: modified corncob, adsorption, Cr6+, orthogonal experiment, adsorption isotherm

CLC Number: 

  • X756