• Login
    View Item 
    •   Mak UD Home
    • College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS)
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences)
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences) Collection
    • View Item
    •   Mak UD Home
    • College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS)
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences)
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences) Collection
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Adsorption of lead (II) ions from synthetic waste water using biochar derived from sugar cane bagasse

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Undergraduate Dissertation (1.100Mb)
    Date
    2019-07
    Author
    Ebwosu, Moses
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    In this research, adsorption technique was applied for the removal of heavy metal i.e. lead and zinc in synthetic waste water. Biochar derived from sugarcane bagasse was preferred to any other materials because of its availability in Uganda. The objective of study was to investigate the removal efficiency of biochar derived from bagasse as an adsorbent for lead ions from synthetically prepared heavy metal concentrations. Adsorbents were prepared by pyrolysis of sugar cane bagasse, the biochar obtained was then ground into smaller particles. The waste water was prepared synthetically in the laboratory by dissolving metal solutions (lead nitrate) into deionized water. The prepared water was treated against the adsorbent with varying pH and adsorbent dosage using constant initial concentration of metals. The optimum pH was observed to be pH 7 for the maximum removal of lead ions. While the maximum efficiency for adsorption of biochar was 96.85% at its optimum PH of 7. The results obtained from the experiment were recorded and graphs were plotted to study the behavior of the adsorbent material in removing heavy metals from the water.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/8549
    Collections
    • School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences) Collection

    DSpace 5.8 copyright © Makerere University 
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of Mak UDCommunities & CollectionsTitlesAuthorsBy AdvisorBy Issue DateSubjectsBy TypeThis CollectionTitlesAuthorsBy AdvisorBy Issue DateSubjectsBy Type

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    DSpace 5.8 copyright © Makerere University 
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV