Chemically modified low cost treatment for heavy metal effluent management

• Published in: Management of environmental quality Vol. 12; no. 2/3; p. 215
• Main Authors: Saravanane, R, Sundararajan, T, Reddy, S Sivamurthy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2001
• Subjects: Activated carbon; Adsorbents; Adsorption; Aqueous solutions; Chemical industry; Chromium; Efficiency; Environmental health; Environmental quality; Equilibrium; Flow rates; Heavy metals; Industrial effluents; Industrial wastewater; Lead; Metals; Nickel; Sawdust; Zinc

The removal efficiency of lead [Pb(II)], zinc [Zn(II)], nickel [Ni(II)] and chromium [Cr(VI)] from aqueous solutions by adsorption on non-conventional materials (rice husk and sawdust) in its natural form and on their chemically modified form is presented. It is found that adsorption potential varie...