Research Article

Kinetic and Isothermal Investigations of Cost-Effective Sorptive Elimination of Gentian Violet Dye from Water Using Haplophragma adenophyllum Biowaste

Table 1

Physiochemical characterization of Heterophragma adenophyllum.

CharacterizationResults

Moisture content%9
Iodine number (mg/g)24.18
pHpzc6.0 ± 0.01
Acidic and basic species (mmol/g)Total acidic = 32.5 ± 0.02
COOH groups = 5.89 ± 0.02
Lactones = 18.5 ± 0.02
Phenols = 7.75 ± 0.02
Basic nature moieties = 24.75 ± 0.02

Elemental analysis (µmol/g)
Cd2+1.2191
Ni2+0
Zn2+0
Pb2+0.5029
Mg2+1.704
Ca2+0.045
K+0.11
Na+0.54