Kinetic Study of Arsenic(V) Absorption with Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3 </sub>Functionalized SBA-15

This research presented the kinetic performance of arsenic absorption by mesostructure SBA-15 functionalized with Al 2 O 3 . The SBA-15 was previously synthesised and subsequently functionalized via impregnation of alumina oxides. The absorption of arsenic(V) was studied as a function of absorbent dosage and contact time. The experimental data were fitted to kinetic pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order and the intra-particle diffusion model. The pseudo-second order model presented the best correlation with the experimental data. Both surface absorption and intra-particle diffusion were acting during arsenic uptake, except for absorbent dosage of 0.1g, which was mainly controlled by the intra-particle diffusion.