SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF AGRO WASTE PRODUCT IN THE REMOVAL OF LEAD (II)

Abstract

A study was conducted to investigate the sorption capacity of saw, an agro waste product for the removal of lead(II)(Pb)(II) from aqueous systems. Commercially available saw dust were purchased from small-scale domestic units, such as furniture mart and varying concentrations of Pb(II) were used for Pb(II)-SD system. The study involved adding 75 mg of particles size of saw dust into iodine flasks, which contained 50 ml of the 10 mg/liter adsorbate. Pb solutions were filtered and analyzed for the residual concentration, using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. The absorption investigations were carried out, by varying the particle size, contact time, initial concentration, dosage, pH of the medium, influence of cations, anions, co-ions, and the effect of temperature. It was observed that the sorption rate for the Pb(II) saw dust system were dependent on the availability of active surface sites on the adsorbent