Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph

Sago processing waste, which is both a waste and a pollutant, were used to adsorb lead, mercury and copper ions from solution. The effects of adsorbent’s pH and types of sago wastes on the sorption process were examined. The most effective pH range for adsorbent was found to be 4.5 to 6 for mercury...

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Main Author: Angeline, Gowbei
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2008
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description Sago processing waste, which is both a waste and a pollutant, were used to adsorb lead, mercury and copper ions from solution. The effects of adsorbent’s pH and types of sago wastes on the sorption process were examined. The most effective pH range for adsorbent was found to be 4.5 to 6 for mercury for both wastes. pH 4.5 was found to be effective for the removal of lead by coarse waste but the removal of lead by fine waste was very poor. For copper removal, the sorption was found to be poor for both type of activated carbon prepared. Sago coarse waste in this study found to be a better adsorbent compared to sago fine waste because it could adsorb two types of metal, which were Pb and Hg out of the three metals in this study whereas fine waste adsorbent could only adsorb Hg out of the three metal.
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spelling unimas-76692023-03-01T06:08:30Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7669/ Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph Angeline, Gowbei GE Environmental Sciences S Agriculture (General) Sago processing waste, which is both a waste and a pollutant, were used to adsorb lead, mercury and copper ions from solution. The effects of adsorbent’s pH and types of sago wastes on the sorption process were examined. The most effective pH range for adsorbent was found to be 4.5 to 6 for mercury for both wastes. pH 4.5 was found to be effective for the removal of lead by coarse waste but the removal of lead by fine waste was very poor. For copper removal, the sorption was found to be poor for both type of activated carbon prepared. Sago coarse waste in this study found to be a better adsorbent compared to sago fine waste because it could adsorb two types of metal, which were Pb and Hg out of the three metals in this study whereas fine waste adsorbent could only adsorb Hg out of the three metal. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2008 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7669/1/ANGELINE%20ANAK%20GOWBEI%2024pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7669/4/ANGELINE%20ANAK%20GOWBEI%20ft.pdf Angeline, Gowbei (2008) Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
S Agriculture (General)
Angeline, Gowbei
Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph
title Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph
title_full Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph
title_fullStr Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph
title_full_unstemmed Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph
title_short Preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph
title_sort preparation of lead, copper and mercury adsorbent from sago waste : effect of adsorbent ph
topic GE Environmental Sciences
S Agriculture (General)
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