Effective removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution using Acasia Arabica tree bark sustrate

Authors(2) :-Gharde A. D., Gharde B. D.

This work reports the characterization of intensive industrial and agricultural activity is the basic reason of enormous pollution of the environment. Heavy metals generally occur in water in low concentration as a result of metal industries and partly through geological processes, but these cause direct toxicity both to human and other living beings. Due to their presence obeyed the specified limit. Heavy metals in wastewater has emerged as focus of environment remediation efforts of industrialization, urbanization with new technological advantages. The natural bodies of water are polluted by means of different contaminant like organic refractories, heavy metal ions etc. The significant concentration of some of the heavy metal ions in water are toxic to human being, animals as well as aquatic organisms. Some heavy metal ions even at the trace level has been recognized toxic to the public health. Many metals have been evaluated toxic to aquatic life certain to threshold toxicity level. The effect of tree bark for Cu(II) from copper sulphate on the metal content of industrial wastewater was investigated in the pH of 4-6. It is observed that the method of binding follows the first order adsorption rate expression such as effect of pH, agitation time, doses of bark substrate, initial metal ion concentration, effect of varying temperature were also studied.

Authors and Affiliations

Gharde A. D.
Department of Chemistry, N. A. College, Umred Dist. Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Gharde B. D.
Department of Chemistry, Science Collage, Pauni Dist. Bhandara, Maharashtra, India

Acasia Arabica Tree Bark Substrate, Copper Removal, Column Study, Batch Study, Metal Ion, Spectrophotometer.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 7 | Issue 2 | March-April 2020
Date of Publication : 2020-04-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 97-104
Manuscript Number : IJSRST207228
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Gharde A. D., Gharde B. D., " Effective removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution using Acasia Arabica tree bark sustrate", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 7, Issue 2, pp.97-104, March-April-2020. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST207228    
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