Biosorption of Pb and Cu from aqueous solution using banana peel powder

• Main Authors: Mohd Salim, Rosliza, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Rayathulhan, Ruzaina, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Islam Sarker, Md. Zaidul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Desalination Publications 2016
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/48326/1/Banana_peel_Pb_and_Cu.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/48326/4/48326_biosorption%20of%20pb_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/48326/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19443994.2015.1091613#.VpcpNRV96hc

Banana peel is considered as a dominant agricultural waste which causes more disposal problem everywhere. This disposal problem could be handled by changing it into an advantage whereby utilizing banana peel to be used as an adsorbent to remove heavy metals from water. Based on the above perspective...