ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Removal of Lead and Cadmium Ions from Water
Using Cladophora Biomass
| 1 | Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| 2 | Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Abdulaziz Nabil Amro
Taibah University, Prince Nayef road, 30002 Almadinah Almunawwarah, Saudi Arabia
Taibah University, Prince Nayef road, 30002 Almadinah Almunawwarah, Saudi Arabia
Submission date: 2018-04-12
Final revision date: 2018-08-18
Acceptance date: 2018-08-26
Online publication date: 2019-05-03
Publication date: 2019-07-08
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(5):3589–3596
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
Water treatmentOthersSpectrophotometricWater remediationHeavy metalsHeavy metals contamination of water
ABSTRACT
Cladophora biomass has been treated and used for the removal of Lead and Cadmium ions from
water, and the characterization of Cladophora biomass by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and energydispersive
x-ray analysis (EDS) indicate the presence of functional groups of different components such
as polysaccharides, amino acids, fatty acids and others. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and surface
area analysis (BET) confirm nonporous algal biomass with small surface area. The parameters affecting
metal ions removal from water such as adsorbent-solution contact time, pH of metal ion solution, algal
biomass dose and mesh sizes have been studied. Isothermal study has been applied using Freundlich and
Langmuir models.
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