Chemically oxidized pineapple fruit peel for the biosorption of heavy metals from aqueous solutions

• Main Authors: Ahmad, A., Khatoon, A., Mohd-Setapar, S. H., Kumar, R., Rafatullah, M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor and Francis Inc. 2016
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/73717/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84955754923&doi=10.1080%2f19443994.2015.1005150&partnerID=40&md5=cd9c7c97c095919d2aadb17f44c1f67d
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Chemically oxidized pineapple fruit peel biomass has been used as a biosorbent for Cd(II) and Pb(II) removal from aqueous solutions. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy techniques were used to characterize the treated pineapple fruit peel. The biosorption efficie...