Within, low-cost decorated sodium alginate beads with polyaniline (Alg@PANI
beads) were easily prepared using a cross-linking method, and employed for
the adsorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions. The effect of several
influencing parameters, including temperature, contact time, Cr(VI)
con-centration, and adsorbent dosage, was investigated and optimized using
central composite design (CCD) under response surface methodology (RSM). The
analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the quadratic model and the analyzed model
revealed that models were statistically significant, with a low P-value
(<0.0001) and a higher correlation coefficient value (R2 = 0.93). The
optimum parameters for total adsorption were as follows: adsorbent dose =
0.027 g, pH 2, contact time = 45 min, temperature = 38 ?C, and Cr(VI)
concentration = 29.24 ppm. The findings of this study indicate that the
prepared Alg@PANI beads could be used effectively to remove Cr(VI) ions from
aqueous solutions.