Jurnal Teknik Kimia USU
Vol. 5 No. 3 (2016): Jurnal Teknik Kimia USU

ADSORPSI KESADAHAN (Ca) MENGGUNAKAN ADSORBEN BERBASIS SEKAM PADI

A.S. Dwi Saptati Nur Hidayati (Program Studi Teknik Kimia, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Brawijaya)
Juliananda (Program Studi Teknik Kimia, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Brawijaya)
Bambang Ismuyanto (Program Studi Teknik Kimia, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Brawijaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Sep 2016

Abstract

This study reports adsorption of hardness (Ca) onto rice husk-basedadsorben. Characterization of rice husk-based adsorbent was identified by FTIR. Experiments were carried aout with several parametersvariations such as adsorption time (30-180 minutes) and the initial hardness (Ca) concentration (164.8 to 329.6) mg/L. Furthermore, initial study to evaluate the feasibility of adsorbent application was doneusing Langmuir and Freundlichtest. The results showed that hardness (Ca)removalup to 35.98% at a concentration of Na2SO41 M and adsorption time 150 minutes. The adsorption data obtained data were fitted well to Langmuir isotherm model with adsorption capacity of rice husk-based adsorbent was found to be 18.52 mg/g.

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jtk

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Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Materials Science & Nanotechnology

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