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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 161, Issue 2-3, Pages 1255-1264Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.087
Keywords
Biosorption; Orange peel; Lead; Remediation; Water
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- Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, specifically the Facultad de Quimica [UAEM 2425/2007U]
- CONACYT
- SNI
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Natural, formaldehyde-treated and copolymer-grafted orange peels were evaluated as adsorbents to remove lead ions from aqueous solutions. The optimum pH for lead adsorption was found to be pH 5. The adsorption process was fast, reaching 99% of sorbent capacity in 10 min for the natural and treated biomasses and 20 min for the grafted material. The treated biomass showed the highest sorption rate and capacity in the batch experiments, with the results fitting well to a pseudo-first order rate equation. In the continuous test with the treated biomass, the capacity at complete exhaustion was 46.61 mg g(-1) for an initial concentration of 150 mg L-1. Scanning electronic microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy indicated that the materials had a rough surface, and that the adsorption of the metal took place on the surface. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed that the functional groups responsible for metallic biosorption were the -OH, -COOH and -NH2 groups on the surface. Finally, the thermogravimetric analysis indicates that a mass reduction of 80% can be achieved at 600 degrees C. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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