<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this study a possibility of obtaining sorbents from basketry wastes has been investigated. Therefore, adsorption of cadmium ions on wicker bark of <italic>Salix americana</italic> has been studied. The obtained experimental results were described by the Freundlich equation and adsorption kinetics by the pseudo-second order equation. The effect of pH on cadmium ions adsorption by <italic>S. americana</italic> was also investigated. It has been found that for the pH values ranging from 2 to 7 cadmium removal from the solution was held at almost constant level.</p></abstract>

In this study a possibility of obtaining sorbents from basketry wastes has been investigated. Therefore, adsorption of cadmium ions on wicker bark of Salix americana has been studied. The obtained experimental results were described by the Freundlich equation and adsorption kinetics by the pseudo-second order equation. The effect of pH on cadmium ions adsorption by S. americana was also investigated. It has been found that for the pH values ranging from 2 to 7 cadmium removal from the solution was held at almost constant level.

Utilization of agricultural and industrial wastes for metal removal from aqueous solutions

Faculty of Commodity Science, Department of Industrial Commodity Science, Poznan University of Economics, Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

In this study a possibility of obtaining sorbents from basketry wastes has been investigated. Therefore, adsorption of cadmium ions on wicker bark of Salix...

Utilization of agricultural and industrial wastes for metal removal from aqueous solutions

Online veröffentlicht: 17. März 2011

Seitenbereich: 20 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-011-0004-y

Schlüsselwörter
waste, adsorption, heavy metals, toxicity, wicker bark, Freundlich isotherm, kinetic

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Utilization of agricultural and industrial wastes for metal removal from aqueous solutions

Online veröffentlicht: 17. März 2011

Seitenbereich: 20 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-011-0004-y

Schlüsselwörterwaste, adsorption, heavy metals, toxicity, wicker bark, Freundlich isotherm, kinetic

This content is open access.

Schlüsselwörter
waste, adsorption, heavy metals, toxicity, wicker bark, Freundlich isotherm, kinetic