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American Journal of Chemistry and Application  
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Sequestration of PCBs Congeners Present in Askarel Formulation by Adsorption on the Prepared Activated Carbons
American Journal of Chemistry and Application
Vol.5 , No. 5, Publication Date: Sep. 20, 2018, Page: 67-78
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Authors
 
[1]    

Oumarou Tidjani Malam Mani, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger.

[2]    

Rabani Adamou, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger.

[3]    

Ali Ibrah Landi, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi, Niger.

[4]    

Moutari Souley Kallo, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger.

[5]    

Hassidou Saidou, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi, Niger.

 
Abstract
 

The difficulties of managing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a persistent organic pollutant inherited from the last century, constitute a major environmental problem, due to the lack of efficient, low-cost and accessible techniques of its destruction. The options of adsorption on activated carbon, prepared from available local agroforestry by-product appear to be an effective method that reduces the bio-accumulation character of PCBs. The adsorption of PCBs molecules in aqueous solution (ethanol-water, 1:10) on chemically activated carbons with H3PO4 at different concentrations (5%, 10%, 20%, 30%) was investigated. An UV spectrophotometer is used to assess the adsorption. The adsorption rate (> 90%) and the adsorption capacity (170.24 mg/g) of the activated carbon showed the performance of the prepared activated carbon. All experiments were carried out at room temperature. The effects of contact time, absorbent masse, initial concentration, pH solution, were evaluated. The resulted adsorption data applied to four isotherm models (Freundlich (R2 =0.90), Langmuir (R2 =0.95), Tenkim (R2 =0.96), and Dubinin-Radushkevich (R2 =0.94)), lead to the interpretation of the observed adsorption phenomena. The calculated free energy E (5.06 Kj) indicated that the physio-sorption played a significant role in this adsorption mechanism. The adsorption process was entirely controlled by intra particle diffusion, and followed the pseudo-second order mechanism. These adsorption performances combined with a photo-radiation of contaminated PCBs solution could be an easier way to destroy PCBS, that is an ecologically rational elimination of POPs.


Keywords
 

Askarel, Hyphaene tabeika Fruits, Adsorption, PCBs Persistence, Organic Pollutants


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