%0 Journal Article
%T Hexavalent Chromium Removal by Citrus limonium Shell
%A Juan Manuel Vargas-Morales
%A Diana Bautista-Mata
%A Juan F. C¨¢rdenas-Gonz¨¢lez
%A Ismael Acosta-Rodr¨ªguez
%A V¨ªctor Manuel Mart¨ªnez-Ju¨¢rez
%J Open Journal of Inorganic Non-metallic Materials
%P 19-24
%@ 2164-6805
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojinm.2012.23003
%X We studied the Chromium(VI) removal capacity in aqueous solution by the lemon shell, using the diphenylcarbazide method to evaluate the metal concentration. So, the highest biosorption of the metal (50 mg/L) occurs within 100 minutes, at pH of 1.0, and 28¡ãC. According to temperature, the highest removal was observed at 60¡ãC, in 11 minutes, when the metal (1 g/L) is completely adsorbed. At the analyzed concentrations of Cr(VI), lemon shell, showed excellent removal capacity, besides it removes efficiently the metal in situ (97.2% removal, 7 days of incubation, 5 g of biomass). After 1 hour of incubation the studied biomass reduces 1.0 g of Cr(VI) with the simultaneous production of Cr(III); so it can be used to eliminate it from industrial wastewater.
%K Chromium(VI)
%K Biosorption
%K Remotion
%K Biomass
%K Chromium(III)
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=21156