The adsorption of Acid Alizarin Black (AAB) dye (C.I. 21725) on zinc oxide was investigated in this
study. The adsorption was carried out under different operating conditions. The operating
conditions were contact time, adsorbent dosage (10, 30, 50, 70 and 100 mg), initial dye
concentration (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 mg/L), the pH of the solution (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12)
and temperature (20, 30, 40, 50 and 60°C). The remo val percentage of dye on ZnO decreases
from 67% to 54% with increase in initial dye concentration from 10 to 70 mg/L, respectively. It was
found that the increasing of ZnO dosage enhanced the dye removal. The increasing of temperature
insignificantly enhanced the removal of dye. The study reports that the best pH of solution for the
adsorption of AAB on ZnO were 7 and 8. The adsorption data have been analysed using Langmuir,
Freundlich and Temkin. It is indicated that the adsorption of dye onto ZnO was endothermic. The
uptake process of AAB obeyed the pseudo second order kinetic expression.
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