%0 Journal Article %T Zinc Adsorption Properties of Alginate-SBA-15 Nanocomposite %J International Journal of Engineering %I Materials and Energy Research Center %Z 1025-2495 %A Kosari, Mohammadreza %A Sepehrian, Hamid %D 2015 %\ 10/01/2015 %V 28 %N 10 %P 1415-1422 %! Zinc Adsorption Properties of Alginate-SBA-15 Nanocomposite %K Mesoporous SBA %K 15 %K alginate %K Nanocomposite %K biopolymer sorbent %K Zinc (II) %K Adsorption %R %X Assessment of adsorption zinc (II) ions from aqueous solution using alginate-SBA-15 sorbent nanocomposite was investigated as a function of zinc concentration, solution pH, and contact time. For that purpose, the alginate-SBA-15 nanocomposite adsorbent was prepared through encapsulation method by immobilization mesoporous SBA-15 into a polymeric matrix. Identification of functional groups and surface morphology of the obtained nanocomposite was carried out by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and nitrogen porosimetry experiments. Sorption performance of the alginate-SBA-15 adsorbent during batch experiments was studied. A mathematically explanation of adsorption process using kinetics and isotherm models was also performed. Kinetic study was revealed that the pseudo second-order model has good agreement with the experimental results than the pseudo first-order model. Therefore, it indicates that the concentration of both alginate-SBA-15 and zinc metal ions are involved in the rate determining step of the sorption process. The qmax value for zinc (II) ions adsorption onto alginate-SBA-15 was found 46.3 mg g-1. According to thermodynamic analysis, physisorption and the endothermic of the sorption process nature of Zn(II) ions onto alginate-SBA-15 nanocomposite was revealed. %U https://www.ije.ir/article_72593_93e294093dea9995ef1bc6dbaf30bb79.pdf