Removal of chromium on Polyalthia longifolia leaves biomass |
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| Authors: | Anwar Jamil Shafique Umer Waheed-uz-Zaman un Nisa Zaib Munawar Munawar Ali Jamil Nadia Salman Muhammad Dar Amara Rehman Rabia Saif Jawwad Gul Humaira Iqbal Tanzeel |
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| Institution: | Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Quaid e Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. |
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| Abstract: | Adsorption is an environmental friendly process for removal and/or recovery of heavy metals from wastewater. In recent years, it has been substantiated as a popular technique to treat industrial waste effluents, with significant advantages. In this work, batchwise removal of chromium (III) ions from water by Polyalthia longifolia leaves was studied as a function of adsorbent dose, pH, contact time, and agitation speed. Surface characteristics of the leaves were evaluated by recording IR spectra. The Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin adsorption isotherms were employed to explain the sorption process. It was found that one gram of leaves can remove 1.87 mg of trivalent chromium when working at pH 3.0. It has been concluded that Polyalthia longifolia leaves can be used as cost-effective and benign adsorbents for removal of Cr(III) ions from wastewater. |
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