Use of porous volcanic rocks for the adsorptive removal of copper

Esayas Alemayehu; Fekadu Melak; Saroj K. Sharma, etal

dc.contributor.author	Esayas Alemayehu
dc.contributor.author	Fekadu Melak
dc.contributor.author	Saroj K. Sharma, etal
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-06T11:11:28Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-06T11:11:28Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.140.5.162//handle/123456789/1709
dc.description.abstract	Low-cost adsorbents, pumice (VPum) and scoria (VSco) were investigated for the removal of Cu(II) as function of various parameters. Batch experiments were conducted to evaluate the influence of Cd(II) and Ni(II) on the adsorptive removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions. Kinetic data showed a trend of fast removal at initial stages, thereby achieving maximum adsorption after 1 h agitation. The adsorption process well explained by pseudo-second-order kinetics for both adsorbents. Adsorption capacity were found 1.432 and 1.015 mg/g using VPum and VSco, respectively. This work showed the promising nature of pumice and scoria to effectively remove copper from water.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	adsorptive removal; low-cost; porous volcanic rocks.	en_US
dc.title	Use of porous volcanic rocks for the adsorptive removal of copper	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US