title: Screening of new sorbent materials for cadmium removal from aqueous solutions.
abstract: This study compares the abilities of four low-cost materials: peels of peas, broad bean, and medlar, respectively and fig leaves, to remove cadmium from aqueous solutions. Kinetic data and equilibrium sorption isotherms were measured in batch conditions. Kinetics of cadmium sorption was contact time, initial cadmium concentration and sorbent type dependent. The results also showed that the kinetics of cadmium sorption were described by a pseudo second-order rate model. The cadmium uptake of these low-cost materials was quantitatively evaluated using sorption isotherms. Results indicated that Langmuir model gave an acceptable fit to the experimental data. A high cadmium sorption was observed by these materials. The broad bean peel was the most effective to remove cadmium ions with a maximum sorption capacity about 147.71 mg/g followed by peas peel (118.91 mg/g), fig leaves (103.09 mg/g), and medlar peel (98.14 mg/g).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Sorbent Materials and Water Treatment, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tlemcen, Algeria. ho_benaissa@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benaïssa
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002104:Cadmium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D030681:Ficus / Q000737:chemistry*; D005525:Food-Processing Industry; D007220:Industrial Waste; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002104:Cadmium