Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon
Granular activated carbon produced from palm kernel shell was used as adsorbent to remove copper, nickel and lead ions from a synthesized industrial wastewater.Laboratory experimental investigation was carried out to identify the effect of pH and contact time on adsorption of lead, copper and nickel...
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| description | Granular activated carbon produced from palm kernel shell was used as adsorbent to remove copper, nickel and lead ions from a synthesized industrial wastewater.Laboratory experimental investigation was carried out to identify the effect of pH and contact time on adsorption of lead, copper and nickel from the mixed metals solution. Equilibrium adsorption experiments at ambient room temperature were carried out and fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich models. Results showed that pH 5 was the most suitable, while the maximum adsorbent capacity was at a dosage of 1 g/L, recording a sorption capacity of 1.337 mg/g for lead, 1.581 mg/g for copper and 0.130 mg/g for nickel. The percentage metal removal approached equilibrium within 30 min for lead, 75 min for copper and nickel, with lead recording 100 %, copper 97 % and nickel 55 % removal, having a trend of Pb2+ > Cu2+ > Ni2+ . Langmuir model had higher R2 values of 0.977, 0.817 and 0.978 for copper, nickel and lead respectively, which fitted the equilibrium adsorption
process more than Freundlich model for the three metals |
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| spelling | iium-64062024-05-02T08:34:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6406/ Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon Onundi, Yusuf Bamidele Al-Mamun, Abdullah Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid Ahmed, Yehya M. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Granular activated carbon produced from palm kernel shell was used as adsorbent to remove copper, nickel and lead ions from a synthesized industrial wastewater.Laboratory experimental investigation was carried out to identify the effect of pH and contact time on adsorption of lead, copper and nickel from the mixed metals solution. Equilibrium adsorption experiments at ambient room temperature were carried out and fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich models. Results showed that pH 5 was the most suitable, while the maximum adsorbent capacity was at a dosage of 1 g/L, recording a sorption capacity of 1.337 mg/g for lead, 1.581 mg/g for copper and 0.130 mg/g for nickel. The percentage metal removal approached equilibrium within 30 min for lead, 75 min for copper and nickel, with lead recording 100 %, copper 97 % and nickel 55 % removal, having a trend of Pb2+ > Cu2+ > Ni2+ . Langmuir model had higher R2 values of 0.977, 0.817 and 0.978 for copper, nickel and lead respectively, which fitted the equilibrium adsorption process more than Freundlich model for the three metals Center for Environmental and Energy Research and Studies 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6406/1/29_Published_Paper_IJEST.pdf Onundi, Yusuf Bamidele and Al-Mamun, Abdullah and Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid and Ahmed, Yehya M. (2010) Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology , 7 (4). pp. 751-758. ISSN 1735-1472 http://www.ceers.org/ijest/ |
| spellingShingle | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Onundi, Yusuf Bamidele Al-Mamun, Abdullah Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid Ahmed, Yehya M. Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon |
| title | Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon |
| title_full | Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon |
| title_fullStr | Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon |
| title_short | Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon |
| title_sort | adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon |
| topic | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/6406/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6406/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6406/1/29_Published_Paper_IJEST.pdf |