FISH’S SCALES APPLIED AS NOVEL ADSORBENT IN THE REMOVAL OF LEAD FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Authors

  • Sama A. Mustafa Environmental Health Department \ Collage of Environmental Sciences \ Al-Qassim Green
  • Ali K. Al-Muttairi Environmental Studies and Research Center \ University of Babylon
  • Sarah Raad Mohammed Department of medical laboratory techniques\ Dijlah University College

Abstract

Water is under a tremendous pressure caused by the increasing pollution of this valuable source. Many pollutants are present in water both organic and inorganic and one of the most important pollutants is heavy metals. Among these heavy metals lead pb is ubiquitous and is consider toxic even at low concentration, many methods are being used to remove this pollutant and adsorption is consider as one efficient alternative technique to remove heavy metals. This research was carried out to acquire a new, cost-effective, accessible, and biodegradable adsorbent to remove this pollutant from aqueous solutions. The proposed adsorbent in this study was Carb fish scales, four experiment was used to test the ability of this new adsorbent to remove Pb, at first the best contact time was investigated and it was 90 minutes with Removal Efficiency R% 81.65, and it was found the adsorption Pb increase with the increase of both Adsorbent wight and initial Pb concentration, the study found that the best pH value to remove Pb was 9(alkaline) with R% of 91.2. In general, the proposed adsorbent shows a good ability in removing Pb from aqueous solutions.

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2022-06-17

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Sama A. Mustafa, Ali K. Al-Muttairi, & Sarah Raad Mohammed. (2022). FISH’S SCALES APPLIED AS NOVEL ADSORBENT IN THE REMOVAL OF LEAD FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS. British Journal of Global Ecology and Sustainable Development, 5, 42–48. Retrieved from https://journalzone.org/index.php/bjgesd/article/view/63

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Vol. 5 (2022)

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