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Adsorption studies on rice husk: removal and recovery of Cd(II) from wastewater
Mohammad Ajmal1, Rifaqat Ali Khan Rao, Shahana Anwar
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Environmental Research Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslin University, Aligarh 202002, India. rais45@mailcity.com
Abstract:
Adsorption behaviour of Ni(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) and Cr(VI) on untreated and phosphate-treated rice husk (PRH) showed that adsorption of Ni(II) and Cd(II) was greater when PRH was used as an adsorbent. Sorption of Cd(II) was dependent on contact time, concentration, temperature, adsorbent doses and pH of the solution. The Langmuir constants and thermodynamic parameters have been calculated at different temperatures. It was found that recovery of Cd(II) from synthetic wastewater by column operation was better than a batch process.
