@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15726,
	  title     = {Sorption of Nickel by Hypnea Valentiae: Application of Response Surface Methodology},
	  author    = {M. Rajasimman and  K. Murugaiyan},
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	  abstract     = {In this work, sorption of nickel from aqueous solution on hypnea valentiae, red macro algae, was investigated. Batch experiments have been carried out to find the effect of various parameters such as pH, temperature, sorbent dosage, metal concentration and contact time on the sorption of nickel using hypnea valentiae. Response surface methodology (RSM) is employed to optimize the process parameters. Based on the central composite design, quadratic model was developed to correlate the process variables to the response. The most influential factor on each experimental design response was identified from the analysis of variance (ANOVA). The optimum conditions for the sorption of nickel were found to be: pH – 5.1, temperature – 36.8oC, sorbent dosage – 5.1 g/L, metal concentration – 100 mg/L and contact time – 30 min. At these optimized conditions the maximum removal of nickel was found to be 91.97%. A coefficient of determination R2 value 0.9548 shows the fitness of response surface methodology in this work.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering},
	  volume    = {5},
	  number    = {1},
	  year      = {2011},
	  pages     = {7 - 12},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15726},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/49},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 49, 2011},
	}