Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis of trapa bispinosa: A novel adsorbent for the removal of Cu (II) from aqueous solution in chemically treated form

Current study explored biosorption mechanism and kinetics of cu (ii) onto trapa bispinosa peels (tbps) biomass in surfactant (sds,ctab,and triton x-100),organic acid (ca,ta,aa) and in native (n) form during batch experiment. equilibrium sorption capacity was determined at various solution parameters like ph,contact time and initial concentration. increment in sorption capacity was observed with increase in ph until maximum is achieved at ph 5. optimized time and concentration were 120 minutes and 100 ppm respectively. best fitted pseudosecond order kinetic model on the data showed that sorption of cu (ii) is rate-controlling. sorption capacity (mg g -1) for cu (ii) ions increased while % removal decreased. sds tbps in comparison to all tbps show highest sorption tendency as after sds pretreatment tbps surface is loaded with the negatively charged groups that provide more attachment sites for cu (ii) ions. langmuir isotherm give best description of monolayer adsorption over the surface as it fitted better to data. ftir analysis showed presence of functional groups like amine,carbonyl and hydroxyl groups. ionization states of these functional groups are changed with ph.