Nickel (II) sorption from aqueous media by Agave salmiana as biosorbent
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In this work, the removal of nickel from aqueous solutions by Agave salmiana was investigated. For this purpose the removal of this heavy metal (Ni2+) was carried out in a batch system as a function of contact time, pH, and the initial concentration of the metallic specie in solution. The sorption data were fitted to pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic models to found the parameteres which describe the processes. It was found that the maximum sorption of the Agave for Ni2+ was at pH 10 and pseudo-second order kinetic model well described the biosorption behavior of this heavy metal by the non-living biomass. Furthermore, the maximum sorption capacity obtained from the isotherm was 10 mgNi/gAgave.
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Nava, D. M. S., González, H. L., Olguín, M. T., & Bulbulian, S. (2019). Nickel (II) sorption from aqueous media by Agave salmiana as biosorbent. Journal of Applied Research and Technology, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.22201/icat.16656423.2019.17.3.813
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