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Adsorption and desorption studies of heavy metals on to coconut shell char

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dc.contributor.author Abesekara, MS
dc.contributor.author Kosvinna, KNR
dc.contributor.author Amarasinghe, BMWPK
dc.contributor.editor Rathnasiri, PG
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-30T04:23:26Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-30T04:23:26Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation Abesekara, M.S., Kosvinna, K.N.R., & Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K. (2019). Adsorption and desorption studies of heavy metals on to coconut shell char [Extended Abstract]. In P.G. Rathnasiri (Ed.), Undergraduate Research Symposium Chemical and Process Engineering 2019 (pp. 47-49). Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17758
dc.description.abstract Heavy metals in wastewater can be removed by several methods including adsorption. Activated carbon (AC) is widely used, but expensive adsorbent. Since AC derived from coconut shell (CS) is a good adsorbent, coconut shell char (CSC) as well might be an effective low-cost adsorbent. It was studied the possibilities of using CSC as an adsorbent. Results showed that, CSC has 13% and 12% removal efficiencies for Zn2+ and Ni2+ from solutions of 50 mg/l. Furthermore, desorption abilities of H2SO4, NaOH, Distilled water and NaCl as desorbing agents were analysed and found H2SO4 to be the most effective desorbing agent. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.subject Adsorption en_US
dc.subject Desorption en_US
dc.subject Coconut shell char en_US
dc.title Adsorption and desorption studies of heavy metals on to coconut shell char en_US
dc.type Conference-Extended-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Chemical and Process Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Undergraduate Research Symposium Chemical and Process Engineering 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.place Katubedda en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 47-49 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of Undergraduate Research Symposium Chemical and Process Engineering 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.email padma@cheng.mrt.ac.lk en_US


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