Applicability of Green Absorbents to Remove Lead (II) from Polluted Water: a Potential Low-cost Adsorbent

Abstract

The present work represent potential bio-sorbent (banana and pomegranate peel) in nano size range, with a view to for adsorption of lead(II) ions from aqueous solution. Dose, adsorbate concentration, pH, time, and temperature factors were investigated. The most favorable stipulations for Pb (II) adsorption are 50 mg /L as initial concentration, 0.2 g as pomegranate and banana peels mass and pH 5.5 and 5.23for banana and Pomegranate peel. Removal data obey the Langmuir model with qmax of 25.64 mg/g for banana and 41.66 mg/g for Pomegranate peel. The kinetics of removal process was fitted well by a second -order equation. It was observed that that the Pb (II) ion adsorption process on the both bio-sorbents is spontaneous process, endothermic for banana while exothermic for pomegranate peel. A distinct improvement in the adsorbent surface was noted after adsorption process which demonstrated via scanning electron microscope.