title: Removal and recovery of heavy metals from electroplating wastewater by using Kyanite as an adsorbent.
abstract: Kyanite, a commercial mineral has been utilized as an adsorbent for the removal of heavy metals, such as Ni(II), Zn(II), Cr(VI) and Cu(II) from electroplating wastewater. The effect of contact time, pH, concentration, adsorbent doses, particle size of the adsorbent, salinity and hardness, both in natural and wastewater on the adsorption of Cu(II) have been studied in detail. The adsorption of metal ions seems to be an ion exchange process. The adsorbed metals ions from electroplating wastewater were recovered by batch as well as column operation using dilute HCl solution. The column operation was found to be more effective compared to batch process.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, 202002, Aligarh, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ajmal
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000737:chemistry*; D004595:Electroplating; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D019216:Metals, Heavy; C121089:kyanite