Biosorption of chromium (VI) onto NaOH activated Codium tomentosum biomass.

Batch experiments were conducted to examine the efficacy of NaOH activated Codium tomentosum biomass on the sorption of hexavalent chromium. Several influencing parameters like pH, contact time, dosage and initial chromium(VI) concentration was experimented at 20°C. The monolayer sorption capacity was found to be 5.504 ± 0.360 mg g(-1). Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm implied favorable condition of chromium(VI) biosorption, based on R2 values. Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm showed the best fit linearity and infered that adsorption energy as 4.888 ± 0.129 kJ mol(-1). Pseudo-second order kinetics showed good compliance for the entire data and the rate constant (k2) was found to be 0.0398 ± 0.007 g mg(-1) min. Elovich kinetics exhibited that adsorption occurs on heterogeneous surface. Intraparticle diffusion model specified multi-linearity in adsorption process. Hence, the employed biosorbent was sensible and sorption efficiency was remarkable.