A research on the application of papaya  seeds in paint industry waste water lead treatment

dc.contributor.author	Mukama, Musiime
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-02T09:27:19Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-02T09:27:19Z
dc.date.issued	2019-10
dc.description	A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry of Makerere University	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This report shows the potential of papaya seeds as a potential low-cost adsorbent for the removal of lead ions from aqueous waste water as a function of pH, contact time and adsorbent dosage in a batch set-up. The papaya seeds were ground and homogenised and then treated against different conditions of pH, adsorbent dose and contact time. That said, the optimum conditions were found to be a pH of 5, (84.4%, 84.5% and 84.3%) contact time of 120 minutes (2 hours) yielding 74.53%, 73.45%, 75.52% and a dosage of 3g (65.9%,66.1% and 66.6%) for the experimental scale yielding an efficiency of 90%. The obtained curves of which were contrasted with the Langmuir models with regards to adsorption.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/9126
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Makerere University	en_US
dc.subject	Papaya seeds adsorbent	en_US
dc.subject	Lead ions	en_US
dc.subject	Aqueous waste water	en_US
dc.title	A research on the application of papaya seeds in paint industry waste water lead treatment	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US