Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (ISSN : 0975-7384)

header
Reach Us reach to JOCPR whatsapp-JOCPR +44 1625708989
All submissions of the EM system will be redirected to Online Manuscript Submission System. Authors are requested to submit articles directly to Online Manuscript Submission System of respective journal.

Original Articles: 2015 Vol: 7 Issue: 12

Biosorption of Pb (II) from aqueous solutions using column method by lengkeng (Euphoria logan lour) seed and shell

Abstract

The removal of Pb (II) from aqueous solutions was studied column adsorption systems using lengkeng’s (Euphoria logan lour) seed and shell as biosorbents. The evaluated parameters were optimum pH, initial concentration, particle size and flow rate. The optimum condition was at pH=3, concentration 400 mg/l, 250 μm particle size and 2 ml/min flow rate with adsorption capacity 5,202 mg/g for lengkeng seed and 5,533 mg/g for lengkeng shell. This study revealed that Euphoria logan lour seed and shell is a very good biosorbent to remove Pb (II) from waste water as the substitutes of more expensive synthetic material