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Comparative Adsorption of Pb2+ on Nanostructured Iron–Zirconium Oxide with Fe-to-Zr Molar Ratio of 1:1 and 1:2: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies

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Nanostructured iron–zirconium oxides (NIZOs), with Fe-to-Zr molar ratio of 1:1 and 1:2, have been found to show high adsorption efficiency toward Pb2+ from aqueous solution. The NIZO was synthesized by the co-precipitation method and characterized in terms of XRD, TEM, SEM–EDX, BET surface area analysis, TGA, FT-IR spectroscopy and zeta potential measurement. The data of adsorption of Pb2+ on the NIZO, under optimized condition of pH, Pb2+ concentration, adsorbent amount, time and temperature, were fitted in Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin adsorption model, and the data showed the best agreement with Langmuir model with R2 = 0.990 and 0.994 for Fe/Zr molar ratio = 1:1 and 1:2, respectively. The thermodynamic studies showed that the adsorption of Pb2+ on the NIZO proceeds spontaneously and exothermically through the involvement of weak van der Waals forces. Further, the adsorption of Pb2+ on the NIZO was found to follow pseudo-second-order kinetics.

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The corresponding author is highly thankful to the ‘University Grant Commission, New Delhi’, for ‘Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF)’ (Letter Number F1-17.1/2016-17/RGNF-2015-17-SC-UTT-15953). The authors (SRA, AK and AGS) extend their gratitude to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding the present research work through the Research groups program under Grant Number R.G.P. 2/36/40.

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    Shah Raj Ali, Zenab Khan, Sadaf Ansari, Naved Haider & Rajesh Kumar

  2. Department of Chemistry, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

    Abul Kalam

  3. Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi

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Ali, S.R., Kalam, A., Al-Sehemi, A.G. et al. Comparative Adsorption of Pb2+ on Nanostructured Iron–Zirconium Oxide with Fe-to-Zr Molar Ratio of 1:1 and 1:2: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies. Arab J Sci Eng 46, 287–300 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04715-z

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