Abstract

Heavy metal removal capacity of Activated Bamboo carbon ABC and Activated Periwinkle shell APS were investigated through adsorption process ABC and APS were characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared FT-IR Energy dispersive X-ray EDX and Scanning Electron Microscopy SEM Parameters such as adsorbent dosage pH of effluent solution agitation speed and time of agitation were varied Results obtained show that FT-IR spectrum of the activated carbon displays a number of absorption peaks reflecting the complex bio-mass structure and a variety of functional groups such as OH -NH C O C-H C-N CH3 and CH2 which explains its improved adsorption behaviour on the colloidal particles Synthetic waste water was prepared and characterized for its pollution characteristics in terms of turbidity pH conductivity total suspended solid total dissolved solid nitrate Nitrite Ammonium sulphate phosphate dissolved oxygen chemical oxygen demand COD dissolved oxygen Biological Oxygen Demand BOD Cr total aerobic count and total coli form count