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Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers

The feasibility of using natural fibers such as Kenaf to remove the heavy metals as a replacement for costly convectional methods of removing heavy metal ions has been reviewed. It is well known that the cellulose waste material can be obtained and is a cheap adsorbent. Some of the advantages of...

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Main Author: Vijayaragavan, Dinesh Kumar
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2009
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.91212013-10-22T09:37:53Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9121/ Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers Vijayaragavan, Dinesh Kumar TP Chemical technology The feasibility of using natural fibers such as Kenaf to remove the heavy metals as a replacement for costly convectional methods of removing heavy metal ions has been reviewed. It is well known that the cellulose waste material can be obtained and is a cheap adsorbent. Some of the advantages of using Kenaf for wastewater treatment include simple technique, requires little processing, good adsorption capacity, selective adsorption ofheavy metal ions, low cost, free availability and easy regenerations. Two types of experiment were conducted. The first experiment was carried out by varying the concentration of the adsorbent and the solutions of heavy metals whilst another experiment was conducted by varying the amount ofthe kenaf fibres. Several runs of both experiments were conducted and the results were analyzed in order to achieve the primary objective of this project. The results obtained were analyzed using Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy method. Kenaf fibres adsorbed more cadmium compared to nickel for both the individual solutions and mixed metal solution but the amount adsorbed in the mixed metal solution was comparably similar where as for individual solution, the adsorption of cadmium was higher compared to Nickel. Adsorption of metals also depends on the residence time. The longer the time, the more the metals are adsorbed. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2009-01 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9121/1/2009%20-%20Removal%20of%20Heavy%20Metals%20using%20Kenaf%20Fibers.pdf Vijayaragavan, Dinesh Kumar (2009) Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Unpublished)
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Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers
description The feasibility of using natural fibers such as Kenaf to remove the heavy metals as a replacement for costly convectional methods of removing heavy metal ions has been reviewed. It is well known that the cellulose waste material can be obtained and is a cheap adsorbent. Some of the advantages of using Kenaf for wastewater treatment include simple technique, requires little processing, good adsorption capacity, selective adsorption ofheavy metal ions, low cost, free availability and easy regenerations. Two types of experiment were conducted. The first experiment was carried out by varying the concentration of the adsorbent and the solutions of heavy metals whilst another experiment was conducted by varying the amount ofthe kenaf fibres. Several runs of both experiments were conducted and the results were analyzed in order to achieve the primary objective of this project. The results obtained were analyzed using Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy method. Kenaf fibres adsorbed more cadmium compared to nickel for both the individual solutions and mixed metal solution but the amount adsorbed in the mixed metal solution was comparably similar where as for individual solution, the adsorption of cadmium was higher compared to Nickel. Adsorption of metals also depends on the residence time. The longer the time, the more the metals are adsorbed.
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author Vijayaragavan, Dinesh Kumar
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title Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers
title_short Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers
title_full Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers
title_fullStr Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers
title_full_unstemmed Removal of Heavy Metals Using Kenaf Fibers
title_sort removal of heavy metals using kenaf fibers
publisher Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
publishDate 2009
url http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9121/1/2009%20-%20Removal%20of%20Heavy%20Metals%20using%20Kenaf%20Fibers.pdf
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