TY - JOUR N2 - The objective of the work are in-depth experimental studies of Cu(II) and Zn(II) ion removal on chitosan gel beads from both one- and two-component water solutions at the temperature of 303 K. The optimal process conditions such as: pH value, dose of sorbent and contact time were determined. Based on the optimal process conditions, equilibrium and kinetic studies were carried out. The maximum sorption capacities equaled: 191.25 mg/g and 142.88 mg/g for Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions respectively, when the sorbent dose was 10 g/L and the pH of a solution was 5.0 for both heavy metal ions. One-component sorption equilibrium data were successfully presented for six of the most useful three-parameter equilibrium models: Langmuir-Freundlich, Redlich-Peterson, Sips, Koble-Corrigan, Hill and Toth. Extended forms of Langmuir-Freundlich, Koble-Corrigan and Sips models were also well fitted to the two-component equilibrium data obtained for different ratios of concentrations of Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions (1:1, 1:2, 2:1). Experimental sorption data were described by two kinetic models of the pseudo-first and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, an attempt to explain the mechanisms of the divalent metal ion sorption process on chitosan gel beads was undertaken. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/105903/PDF/03-paper-Nastaj.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/105903 PY - 2016 IS - No 4 December EP - 501 DO - 10.1515/cpe-2016-0040 KW - chitosan KW - heavy metals KW - equilibrium modeling KW - binary solutions A1 - Nastaj, Józef A1 - Tuligłowicz, Małgorzata A1 - Witkiewicz, Konrad PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering VL - vol. 37 DA - 2016 T1 - Equilibrium modeling of mono and binary sorption of Cu(II) and Zn(II) onto chitosan gel beads SP - 485 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/105903 T2 - Chemical and Process Engineering ER -