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International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 Evaluation of macroalgal biomass for removal of heavy metal Arsenic (As) from aqueous solution Johnsi Christobel* , A.P. Lipton Vizhinjam Research Centre of CMFRI, Vizhinjam, Kerala *Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam ABSTRACT Biosorption capacity of three common marine macroalgae viz., Ulva fasciata (green alga), Sargassum wightii (brown alga) and Gracilaria corticata (red alga) was evaluated with respect to the removal of the heavy metal, Arsenic (As) from aqueous solution. The influence of various parameters such as pH (2 to 10), biomass weight (0.5 to 3.0 g/L), initial metal ion concentration (2 to10 ppm/L) and contact time (30 to 150 minutes) on biosorption efficiencies were determined. Results indicated that the optimum pH was 6 for the removal of Arsenic by U. fasciata and S. wighti, while it was greater than 6 for G. corticata. The maximum removal of arsenic was 90.2% at biomass weight of 2g/100ml for S. wightii and G. corticata. The optimum arsenic (As) adsorption percentage was obtained at 90 minutes of contact time for initial metal ion concentration in all the three macroalgae biomass. The biosorption isotherms studies indicated that the biosorption of Arsenic follows the Langmuir and Freundlich models. The maximum biosorption capacity, q max, was 2.21mmol/g in G. corticata. The Freundlich Arsenic adsorption capacity was in the order of U. fasciata < S. wightii < G. corticata, which also suggested about the coexistence of the monolayer adsorption as well as heterogeneous surface conditions. The FTIR analysis for surface functional groups of unloaded algal biomass and arsenic loaded biomass revealed that the existence of amino, carboxyl, hydroxyl and carbonyl groups on the surface of biomass cells and the possible interaction between metal and functional groups. SEM micrograph of pretreated and Arsenic sorbed algal biomass showed morphological changes due to the exposure of heavy metal to the algae. These results led to refer that the macroalgal biomass could form a potential, eco-friendly, cost effective and safe alternative biosorbent for fine tuning of waste water treatment. Keywords:-Algal biomass, biosorbent, Arsenic removal, FTIR, SEM Micrograph, isotherms, water treatment 1. INTRODUCTION Heavy metals released into the environment seriously affect the biological system including human physiology [17]. One to the heavy metals, arsenic contaminates the environment through anthropogenic and natural sources. Plants absorb arsenic fairly easily, which results in food contamination with high ranking concentrations. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that inorganic arsenic is a human carcinogen. Various health effects have been observed both in children and adults when exposed to high amount of arsenic [19]. Consumption of arsenic contaminated fishes cause irritation of the stomach, intestines and lungs. Also small corns or warts appear on the palms and torso. Considering such health hazards, several remediation techniques have been developed to remove the arsenic contaminated problems. It includes soil removal, washing, physical stabilization and use of chemical amendments. Almost all these techniques are considered as expensive and disruptive [10]. Biosorption is an emerging, economic and eco-friendly process of removing heavy metals from aqueous solution using biological materials such as algae [11][12], bacteria [13], yeast [9] and fungi [2]. Macroalgal biomass is one of the most promising types of biosorbents due to the rigid macrostructure, high uptake capacity as well as the ready abundance of the biomass [7]. Different macroalgae exhibited different affinities towards the same metal which in turn depends upon the chemical structure of the macroalgae [31]. Electron microscopic analysis of macroalgae revealed the presence of different metal binding sites of their cell wall (carboxyl, aminoacid, polysaccharides and sulfhydral groups) which could play an important role in the biosorption process [33]. Macroalgae viz; Cladophora fascicularis, Chaetomorpha sp, Caulerpa, Valoniopsis and Ulva lactuca (Green algae), Sargassum wightii, a brown algae and Gracilaria edulis a red alga were the typical examples that showed the potential as biosorbents for efficient removal of heavy metals such as Cd, Hg, Pb, and Chromium V1 from contaminated water [1], [22], [21]. Considering the arsenic pollution and possibility of utilizing marine macroalgae, the present study was initiated to evaluate the biosorption potentials of 3 macroalgae viz; Ulva fasciata, Sargassum wightii and Gracilaria corticata towards Arsenic (As) from aqueous solution. Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 94 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Preparation of biosorbent (macroalgal Biomass) Three species of macroalgae viz., Ulva fasciata (green alga), Sargassum wightii (brown alga) and Gracilaria corticata (red alga) available abundantly in the rocky coasts of south west India (Lat 807” to 8022”N, Long 7202” to 77033”E) were collected and washed gently with distilled water. The algae were shade dried and then oven dried at 60oC over night. The dried algae were ground into fine particles of 0.5mm size. The algal biomass was preserved in polythene bags for biosorption experiments. 2.2 Preparation of metal solutions Sodium arsenate was used for preparing the synthetic metal bearing solution: Arsenic (As) as stock solution of 100 ppm/L was prepared by dissolving Sodium Arsenate (Analytical grade) in 1L of 0.1N Sodium hydroxide solution. From this, different dilutions such as 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10ppm were prepared using deionised water. 2.3 Batch Biosorption Studies The Biosorption experiments were conducted in 250ml Erlenmeyer flasks containing 100 ml Arsenic contaminated aqueous solution. The influence of parameters such as pH (2,4,6,8 and 10), contact times (30,60,90,120 and 150mts), metal concentrations (2,4,6,8 and 10ppm) and macroalgal biomass (0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0,2.5 and 3 g/100ml) on arsenic biosorption was investigated by varying any one of the parameters and keeping the other parameters constant. The experiments were carried out at room temperature of 27±20C. The initial metal ion concentration (Ci) in the aqueous solution was determined as per APHA (APHA, 2005) using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). Then the mixtures were mixed slowly in a rotary shaker [Remi] at an agitation rate of 120 rpm for 30 minutes. After 30mts, the solid phase was separated by filtration through Whatman No-1 Filter paper. The heavy metal concentration in the filtrates (Cf) was measured by AA Spectrophotometer. 2.4 Determination of Arsenic ions in the solution Biosorption experiments were carried out in duplicates and average values were used in the analysis. The percent biosorption of heavy metal (arsenic) ion was calculated as follows: Ci-Cf Biosorption(%) = x100 Ci(As) where Ci- initial metal ion concentration of Arsenic (mg/L) Cf- final metal ion concentration (mg/L). 2.5 Biosorption isotherms Isotherms were measured by varying the initial metal ion concentrations at the optimum conditions for each metal. Different biosorption models were used for comparison with the experimental data. 2.6 FTIR Analysis The pretreated and biosorbed algal biomass samples were analyzed using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy. The algal biomass samples were encapsulated in KBr at a ratio of 1:100. The 1K spectrum was collected using a Perkin-Elmer spectrophotometer within the range 400-4000 cm-1 2.7 SEM analysis SEM has a high resolution, making higher magnification possible for closely spaced materials. In the present study surface morphology of control (pretreated) and biosorbed algae were observed using Scanning Electron Microscope (Hitachi s.54000). 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Three macroalgae encompassing the green, brown and red ones were used for the biosorption of Arsenic (As) from aqueous solution and the results of influence of each parameter are discussed below: 3.1 Influence of pH The influence of pH value on the biosorption of Arsenic on to the three macroalgal biomass was evaluated and the results are presented in Fig.1. From Fig.1, it is observed that, as the pH was increased from 2 to 6 the biosorption capacity also increased. The pH is considered as the most important parameter that could affect the biosorption of metal ions from solutions [8], [16]. This is because, at lower pH, the concentration of positive charge (proton) increased on the sites of biomass surface which restricted the approach of metal cations to the surface of biomass [14]. As the pH increase, the proton concentration decreases and the biomass surface is more negatively charged. The Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 95 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 biosorption of the positively charged metal ion increased till reaching their maximum biosorption around pH6 for U. fasciata (84.6%) and S. wightii (87.1%) and pH8 for G. corticata (85.4%). In accordance with our finding, [24] reported that the maximum up take of cadmium, nickel and zinc by green algae, Codium vermilara, and Spirogyra insignis, brown algae viz; Fucus spiralis, Ascophyllum nodosum and red algae such as Asparagopsis armata and Chondrus crispus was at pH6. The increase of biosorption with increasing pH also be related to both Carboxyl and sulphonate groups on the cell walls of the biomass and to metal chemistry in solution [27], [30], [5]. % adsorption by 100 Macroalgae Arsenic adsorption (%) 90 Concentration 80 of Ulva Sodium arsenate 70 fasciata (ppm) 69.5 2 60 76.2 4 50 84.6 6 40 82.1 8 30 72.5 10 20 Sargass Gracilar um ia wightii corticata 75.4 72.1 83.5 75.3 87.1 82.5 82.7 85.4 67.8 76 10 0 2 4 6 8 10 pH values Fig. 1. Influence of pH on Arsenic adsorption by macroalgae 3.2 Influence of biosorbent dosage The pattern of influence of macroalgal biomass dosage on the biosorption of Arsenic from aqueous solution is shown in Fig.2. As observed from Fig.2, a steep increase in the Arsenic uptake took place as the biomass of S. wightii and G. corticata was increased from 0.5g to 2g/100 ml dosage. The biomass concentration of 2g/100ml has shown maximum removal of 90.2% of Arsenic from the aqueous solution. In contrast, U. fasciata biomass at concentration 3g/100ml showed maximum removal of 80.4% Arsenic from aqueous solution. Above the optimum biomass dosage, the percentage uptake of Arsenic was decreasing gradually with the increase in concentrations. This effect could be explained by the formation of aggregates of biomass at higher doses which decreases the surface area of biomass adsorption [15]. These results coincided with the findings of [29] in the uptake of lead from aqueous solution by brown algae Sargassum myriocystum and biosorption of Pb(II) and Cd(II) from aqueous solution using green alga Ulva lactuta biomass [25]. Similarly [24] suggested that the electrostatic interactions between cells could function as a significant factor in the relationship between biomass concentration and metal biosorption. Fig. 2 Influence of algal biomass on adsorption of Arsenic Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 96 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 3.3 Influence of Contact time Contact time was highly influencing the biosorption process. The Fig. 3 indicates the effect of contact time on the biosorption of Arsenic ions using optimum biomass (2g/100ml) of U. fasciata, S. wightii and G. corticata. These results indicates that the biosorption of Arsenic metal was rapid during the initial 30 minutes, then it gradually increased further the equilibrium was attained at 90 minutes in all the three macroalgal biomass used. Increased in contact time beyond 90 mts did not improve the uptake capacity of biomass. Contrary to that, in G. corticata, the biosorption percentage was maximum (87.5%) at 60 mts contact time. It was similar to the observation made by [32]. According to them maximum adsorption (90%) of lead, copper, cadmium, zinc and nickel occurred within 60 minutes by the marine algae, Sargassum sp., Ulva sp., Gracilaria from dilute solutions. Macroalgae 100 90 Arsenic adsorption (%) Agitation time 80 mts 70 30 60 60 50 90 40 30 120 20 150 10 Ulva fasciata 79.4 81.1 82.6 68.5 62.2 Sargass Gracilar um ia wightii corticata 79.2 81.2 84.6 87.5 85.1 85.4 75.4 72.3 64.2 65.6 0 30 60 90 120 150 Contact time (minutes) Ulva fasciata Sargassum wightii Gracilaria corticata Fig. 3. Influence of contact time on Arsenic adsorption by Macroalgae 3.4 Influence of metal concentration The data presented in Fig.4 showed the effect of metal concentrations on biosorption process. The biosorption of arsenic had increased with the increasing concentration of arsenic from 2 to 10 ppm in the presence of macroalgae such as S. wightii and G. corticata. They removed maximum percentage of 75.1% and 77.4% respectively at 10 ppm concentration. It indicated that biosorption was even favourable for the higher initial metal ion concentration. Similar results were reported by [29] in biosorption of heavy metal lead from aqueous solution by non living biomass of Sargassum myriocystune. In contrast, U. fasciata attained its maximum biosorption percentage of 67.2% at 6 ppm metal concentration. Then the biosorption was decreased with increasing the metal concentrations. These results were in accordance with observation made by [4] on the biosorption of cadmium and lead from aqueous solution by fresh water alga, Anabaena sphaerica biomass. This behavior was due to the fact that initially all binding sites on the biomass surface were vacant resulting in high metal biosorption at the beginning. After that with increasing metal concentration, the biosorption of metal was decreased because of a few active sites were available on the surface of the algal biomass. % adsorption by Macroalgae 90 80 Arsenic adsorption (%) Concentration of 70 Ulva Sodium arsenate fasciata (ppm) 60 60.1 2 50 63.5 4 40 67.2 6 56.5 8 30 52.3 10 20 Sargass Gracilar um ia wightii corticata 65.8 63.7 66.7 65.2 69.5 71.3 70.2 75.5 75.1 77.4 10 0 2 4 6 8 10 Arsenic concentration (ppm) Ulva fasciata Sargassum wightii Gracilaria corticata Fig. 4.Influence of arsenic concentration on the percentage adsorption of macroalgae Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 97 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 3.5 Adsorption isotherms The Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms describe the adsorption phenomena at the solid liquid interface and the isotherms data were used for the design of adsorption system and to understand the relation between adsorbent and adsorbate [26]. The results of Langmuir model parameters for arsenic adsorption of macroalgae indicated that the efficacy of adsorption was maximum in G. corticata (qmax=2.21±0.26 m/mol/g) and minimum in S. wightii (qmax=1.31±0.16). The correlation coefficient was high in S. wightii (2.9±0.31) and G. corticata (2.12±0.12) but low in U. fasciata (1.1±0.22) as could be noted from the Table1. The Freundlich Arsenic adsorption capacity increased in the order U. fasciata<S. wightii<G. corticata which was in agreement with the findings of Langmuir isotherms (Fig.5 to 7). The adsorption intensity increases in the order U. fasciata<S. wightii<G. corticata which was also in agreement with Langmuir trends. This observation may imply that monolayer adsorption as well as heterogeneous surface conditions could co-exist under the applied experimental conditions and therefore both Freundlich Langmuir isotherms could be used to model the experimental adsorption data for the three selected marine macroalgae. Among these, G. corticata had shown the highest affinity of arsenic adsorption making it an extremely promising adsorbent for the removal of arsenic when present at low residual concentration. Table 1 Langmuir model parameters for arsenic adsorption of macroalage Macro algae qmax(mmol g-1) b (L mmol -1) r2 Ulva fasciata 1.82±0.34 1.12±0.22 0.98 Sargassum wightii 1.31±0.16 2.29±0.31 0.97 Gracilaria corticata 2.21±0.26 2.12±0.12 0.98 Fig. 5 Freundlich adsorption isotherm of Arsenic by Ulva fasciata (Arsenic concentration 1.0 g/L, T = 25oC, pH = 6.2, Agitation Time 80 min) Fig. 6 Freundlich adsorption isotherm of Arsenic by Sargassum wightii (Arsenic concentration 1.0 g/L, T = 25oC, pH = 8.2, Agitation Time 80 min) Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 98 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 Fig. 7 Freundlich adsorption isotherm of Arsenic by Gracilaria corticata (Arsenic concentration 1.0 g/L, T = 25oC, pH = 6.2, Agitation Time 80 min) 3.6 Characterization of Biosorbent 3.6.1 Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Fig. 8 FTIR Spectrum of U. fasciata (control) Fig. 9 FTIR Spectrum of U. fasciata (Arsenic treated) Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 99 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 Fig. 10 FTIR Spectrum of S. wightii (control) Fig. 11 FTIR Spectrum of S. wightii (Arsenic tretaed) Fig. 12 FTIR Spectrum of G. corticata (control) Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 100 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 Fig. 13 FTIR Spectrum of G. corticata (Arsenic treated) The results of FTIR spectra are illustrated in Fig. 8 to 13 of the unloaded biomass (control) and Arsenic (As) loaded biomass. These results represented the information about the functional groups on the surface of the cell wall of the biomass and the possible interaction between metals and the functional groups. From these data, it is clear that in Fig.11 the FTIR spectra of Arsenic loaded S. wightii biomass showed a significant reduction in the Hydroxy (-OH) and –NH stretching band (3400 to 3315 cm-1). [23] reported that the reduced distance between bands after metal binding was due to higher symmetry in the cell wall matrix as a result of complexation with the metal ion. It was confirmed by their studies on the mechanism of adsorption of heavy metal cadmium by Sargassum biomass. The change in band structure was due to nitrogen-hydrogen band stretching. Similarly, a significant decrease in wave numbers of 2966.31 to 2927.74 and 2964.39 to 2929.67 cm-1 was observed in the C-H stretching band of U. fasciata and G. corticata. It indicated that significant involvement of C-H stretching band in the binding of Arsenic to macroalgae viz., U. fasciata and G. corticata. The C-O (carbonyl) group exhibited the peak at 1026 and 1020 cm-1 and c-o-s (sulphated polysaccharide) band observed at 1255 and 1278 cm-1 in the pretreated samples of U. fasciata and S. wightti were missing in the Arsenic loads samples due to their predominant interaction of that groups with the Arsenic. Similar to that, in G. corticata the unloaded sample showed 3, 6 anhydro galactose vibration band at 927 cm-1. It was not found in the arsenic treated sample indicates the significant involvement of this group in binding of heavy metal arsenic. A significant reduction in the wave number of non sulphated B_D galacto phranose band (889 to 811cm-1) was observed in the arsenic treated G. corticata sample suggesting that group involved in the biosorption process. 3.7 SEM Analysis The SEM micrograph of raw U. fasciata showed folded structures (Fig. 14a). But those folded structures were not found in the Arsenic loaded image of U. fasciata. Instead of that an apparently smoother surface was observed (Fig. 14b). These results coincided with the findings of [20] on the SEM micrograph of Ulva lactuca, a green alga loaded with or without the metal of Cu II and Cr III. Similar to U. fasciata, some morphological differences were observed between the pretreated and arsenic loaded brown alga, Sargassum wighti as could be noticed from Fig.15(a&b). On the surface of pretreated S. wightii, protuberance and microstructures were observed. [5] studied the raw Sargasum sp. and suggested that protuberance and microstructure on the surface may be due to the calcium and other salt crystalloid deposition. In the SEM micrographs of arsenic loaded S. wightii, shrinkun surface was noticed. According to [6] such morphological changes were due to the binding of Arsenic with alginic acid and sulphated polysaccharides embedded in the matrix of S. wightti. It was confirmed by the change observed in the hydroxyl and ester sulphate link of FTIR spectrum of arsenic loaded S. wightti in the present study. SEM micrograph of raw red alga, Gracilara corticata Fig.16(a) also showed some folded structures similar to those observed in U. fasciata. But the numbers of folded Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 101 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 structures were fewer and less pronounced. In the arsenic loaded G. corticata, Fig. 16(b) the surface was apparently smoother with mount like structures. This result coincided with earlier studies by [20] on the heavy metal Cu II and Cr III binding on the surface of Palmaria palmate, red alga. Electron Microscopic studies on the structure of G. corticata thallus by [28] revealed the presence of high content of sulphur with metals like zirconium, chromium, zinc, iron and potassium could produced in the changes in surface morphology of G. corticata. Fig. 14( a) EM Micrograph of U.fasciata (control) Fig. 15 (a) SEM Micrographs of S. wightii (control) Fig . 16 (a) SEM Micrographs of G. corticata (control) Fig. 14(b) SEM Micrograph of Arsenic loaded U. fascia Fig. 15 (b) SEM Micrographs of Arsenate loaded S. wightii Fig. 16. (b) SEM Micrographs of Arsenate loaded G. corticata 4.CONCLUSION Results of experiments could lead to the conclusion that the dried algal biomass effectively removed the arsenic from aqueous solution. This has tremendous potential as an economic, effective, safe alternative to existing commercial adsorbents. It is easy and effective technique for fine tuning of waste water treatment and removal of heavy metals from the various industrial wastes containing heavy metals Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 Page 102 International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM) Web Site: www.ijaiem.org Email: editor@ijaiem.org Volume 4, Issue 5, May 2015 ISSN 2319 - 4847 Acknowledgements The authors express sincere thanks to Dr. Shakina, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemistry, Sara Tucker College, Palayamkottai for her valuable guidance throughout the tenure of this work. The first author gratefully acknowledge the Director, CMFRI, Cochin and Scientist In charge and staff of Vizhinjam Research Centre of CMFRI, Vizhinjam for the facilities provided to carry out this work. Thanks are extended to Dr. Sarika, Scientist, Mr. Shine, CMFRI, Vizhinjam and Dr. K. 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