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Removal of Heavy Metals from Water Using Low-cost Bioadsorbent: A Review

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Current review paper presents the performance of natural low-cost (economical) bioadsorbent, i.e., plant biomass and agricultural waste used for the removal or extraction of copper and other heavy metals. The current study focuses on use of various leaves, seed, peel, root, bark, husk, shell, fiber, and other bioadsorbents in their raw, pretreated as well as modified forms. This review paper objects to evaluate the applicability of said biomass for single and multimetal removal from water/wastewater. Researchers’ variations in different experimental parameters such as contact time, initial concentration, adsorbent mass, speed of agitation, temperature and pH, etc., are considered along with isotherm, kinetics, thermodynamic, and desorption studies. Researchers using various instruments such as UV vis. spectrophotometer, transmitted electron microscope (TEM), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), molecular absorption spectrophotometer, SEM–EDX analyses, XDR spectroscopy and FTIR analysis, etc., to obtain the characterization of bioadsorbent. In this review, an extensive summary of previous literature on plant biomass, agricultural waste, and other biomass were compiled to provide information on experimental and equilibrium conditions and their potential as a low-cost sorbent.

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Paranjape, P., Sadgir, P. (2023). Removal of Heavy Metals from Water Using Low-cost Bioadsorbent: A Review. In: Ranadive, M.S., Das, B.B., Mehta, Y.A., Gupta, R. (eds) Recent Trends in Construction Technology and Management. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 260. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2145-2_40

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