Orbital - Vol. 8 No. 6 - October - December 2016
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Biosorption of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution Using Murraya koenigii (Curry tree) Stems

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  • Selvaraj Suresh
Selvaraj Suresh
A.C.T College of Engineering and Technology Kancheepuram District - 603 107. India
Published December 26, 2016
Keywords
  • Cr(VI); equilibrium,
  • Murraya koenigii stems,
  • sorption
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Suresh, S. Biosorption of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution Using Murraya Koenigii (Curry Tree) Stems. Orbital: Electron. J. Chem. 2016, 8, 321-324.

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Abstract

In the present work, the sorption capacity of Murraya Koenigii Stems (MKST), an agricultural waste, is identified for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution and the effect of different process parameters likes pH and adsorbent dosage were studied. pH 1 is observed to be the optimum pH for Cr(VI) sorption onto the biosorbent. The equilibrium data of Cr(VI) sorption fit well with the Langmuir model with a monolayer sorption capacity of 12.25 mg/g. The results show that the metal ion interacts strongly with the biosorbent and can be effectively used in the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v0i0.867

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