TY - JOUR T1 - Kinetics and Equilibrium Modeling of Nickel Adsorption by Cassava Peel AU - , J.T. Nwabanne AU - , P.K. Igbokwe JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 3 IS - 11 SP - 829 EP - 834 PY - 2008 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2008.829.834 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2008.829.834 KW - Cassava peel KW -activated carbon KW -nickel KW -isotherm KW -adsorption KW -equilibrium KW -kinetic AB - The use of cassava peel activated carbon for the removal of Nickel from aqueous solution at different contact times, pH, adsorbent doses and initial nickel concentration was investigated. The percentage of Ni (ii) removal decreased with increasing adsorbent dosage. The equilibrium sorption isotherms have been analyzed by Freundlich, Langmuir and Temkin models. The equilibrium data fitted well to the 3 models. Temkin model had the highest correlation coefficient followed by Freundlich model. In order to investigate the mechanisms of adsorption, the pseudo 1st-order, pseudo 2nd-order, 2nd-order and simple Elovich kinetic models were used. The results indicated that Ni (ii) uptake process followed pseudo 2nd-order rate expression. ER -