Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research

Volume 12, Issue 4, Page 27-33, 2022; Article no.AJACR.96189

ISSN: 2582-0273

Adsorption of Pb (II) Using Sheep

Fur: Isotherm, Kinetics and
Thermodynamic Studies
Salaudeen Abdulwasiu Olawale a*, Aduloju Emmanuel b,
Okike Okorie c, Oladokun Benjamen Niran d
and Adedeji Sunday Asher a
a
Chemistry Unit of Applied Mathematics Programme, National Mathematical Centre,
Kwali, Abuja, Nigeria.
b
Department of Science Technology, Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria.
c
Theoritical Physics Programme, National Mathematical Centre, Kwali, Abuja, Nigeria.
d
Department of Chemistry, University of Abuja, Nigeria.

Authors’ contributions

This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final
manuscript.
Article Information
DOI: 10.9734/AJACR/2022/v12i4229
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Received: 24/10/2022
Original Research Article Accepted: 30/12/2022
Published: 31/12/2022

ABSTRACT
Sheep fur (SF), a keratinous biomaterial, was used as a low cost adsorbent for removal of Pb (II)
from aqueous solution. The sorbent was characterized, where moisture content, pH, bulk density
and loss on ignition were determined. The experimental data were analyzed by Langmuir,
Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin Radushkevich model with the Langmuir model showing the best fit.
Maximum adsorption capacity of Pb (II) by the SF was 45.46 mg/g. Separation factor R L was 0.037
indicating a favourable adsorption process. The results also indicated that kinetic data were best
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described by the pseudo second-order model with a correlation coefficient (R ) of 0.997. Negative
standard Gibb’s free energy (ΔG) obtained indicated that the Pb (II) adsorption process was
spontaneous and thermodynamically feasible. Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR)
analysis confirmed the presence of carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino and sulphur-containing functional
groups on the SF.
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*Corresponding author: Email: chemicalwasiu@yahoo.co.uk;

Asian J. Appl. Chem. Res., vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 27-33, 2022