Low-cost activated carbon derived from Cassia alata seeds for the removal of xylenol orange from aqueous solution: Kinetic, equilibrium, thermodynamic studies

Department of Chemistry, Govt. Arts College for Men, Nandanam, Chennai-600 035, India

E-mail: arivualagan16@gmail.com

Department of Chemistry, University College of Engineering Pattukottai, Rajamadam-614 701, Tamilnadu, India

Manuscript received online 30 August 2018, accepted 10 October 2018

An inexpensive and porous activated carbon (AC) was prepared from Cassia alata (CA) matured seeds using sulphuric acid as an activating agent. The prepared activated carbon was employed for the adsorption of Xylenol Orange (XO) in an aqueous solution. The experiments were conducted in a batch method to optimize various experimental parameters. The resulting materials were characterized by two different techniques such as SEM and FT-IR analyses.