Adsorption Studies of Chromium by Using Low Cost Adsorbents

Authors

  • N. Gandhi Centre for Environment and Climate Change, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, Hyderabad, A.P.
  • D. Sirisha Centre for Environment and Climate Change, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, Hyderabad, A.P.
  • K.B. Chandra Sekhar Department of Chemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur, A.P

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/on.v11i1.8238

Keywords:

Chromium, Adsorption, Multhani mitti, Batch adsorption, Mixed algae

Abstract

The presence of toxic heavy metals such as chromium (VI) contaminants in aqueous streams, arising from the discharge of untreated metal containing effluents into water bodies, is one of the most important environmental problems. Adsorption is one of the effective techniques for chromium (VI) removal from wastewater. In the present study, adsorbent was prepared from low cost adsorbents and studies were carried out for chromium (VI) removal. Batch adsorption studies demonstrated that the adsorbents had significant capacity to adsorb the chromium from aqueous solution. It was found that the adsorption increased with increase in contact time and adsorbent dosage. An attempt was made to study mixed algae as an adsorbent for removal of chromium (VI).

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/on.v11i1.8238

Our Nature Vol.11(1) 2013: 11-16

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N. Gandhi, Centre for Environment and Climate Change, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, Hyderabad, A.P.

 

 

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Published

2013-06-24

How to Cite

Gandhi, N., Sirisha, D., & Sekhar, K. C. (2013). Adsorption Studies of Chromium by Using Low Cost Adsorbents. Our Nature, 11(1), 11–16. https://doi.org/10.3126/on.v11i1.8238

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2013)

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