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• TITLE: Hexavalent Chromium Cr (VI) Removal from Water by Mango Kernel Powder

  AUTHORS: Amadou Sarr Gning, Cheikh Gaye, Antoine Blaise Kama, Pape Abdoulaye Diaw, Diène Diégane Thiare, Modou Fall

  KEYWORDS: Adsorption, Chromium, Mango Kernel Powder, Spectroscopy Analysis, Water Treatment

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Vol.12 No.1, January 31, 2024

  ABSTRACT: Metal trace elements (MTE) are among the most harmful micropollutants of natural waters. Eliminating them helps improve the quality and safety of drinking water and protect human health. In this work, we used mango kernel powder (MKP) as bioadsorbent material for removal of Cr (VI) from water. Uv-visible spectroscopy was used to monitor and quantify Cr (VI) during processing using the Beer-Lambert formula. Some parameters such as pH, mango powder, mass and contact time were optimized to determine adsorption capacity and chromium removal rate. Adsorption kinetics, equilibrium, isotherms and thermodynamic parameters such as ΔG˚, ΔH˚, and ΔS˚, as well as FTIR were studied to better understand the Cr (VI) removal process by MKP. The adsorption capacity reached 94.87 mg/g, for an optimal contact time of 30 min at 298 K. The obtained results are in accordance with a pseudo-second order Freundlich adsorption isotherm model. Finally FTIR was used to monitor the evolution of absorption bands, while Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) were used to evaluate surface properties and morphology of the adsorbent.