Treatment of lead-contaminated water using activated carbon adsorbent from locally available papaya peel biowaste

• Main Authors: Abbaszadeh, Sahar, Wan Alwi, Sharifah Rafidah, Webb, Colin, Ghasemi, Nahid, Muhamad, Ida Idayu
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/72727/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84959260872&doi=10.1016%2fj.jclepro.2016.01.054&partnerID=40&md5=84949f6b7abca510f822b1cf7d6732db
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The performance of activated carbon (AC) produced from papaya peel (PP) as a locally available bioderived adsorbent in the removal of Pb(II) from metal-contaminated water is reported. Utilization of natural biowastes, such as papaya peel, in this way could assist with waste minimization at the same...