Authors : M P Patil
Page Nos : 62-66
Description :
Nowadays water is getting contaminated due to discharge of wastewater from different industries in recourses of water without treatment. Due to this pollution in water increases and causing hazardous effects on ecosystem. As the demand of clean water increased various techniques are used for treatment of water such as adsorption, reverse osmosis, coagulation, ion exchange etc. Out of all methods adsorption is the cheaper method for the removal of heavy metals. Activated charcoal was prepared from coconut shells are used as adsorbent for removal of heavy metals like copper, nickel, cobalt. It was observed that the prepared adsorbent was very good for removal of heavy metal.
