Removal of hexavalent chromium using sphagnum moss peat

doi:10.1016/0043-1354(93)90012-7

Water Research

Volume 27, Issue 7, July 1993, Pages 1201-1208

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Abstract

Batch adsorption studies have shown that sphagnum moss peat, which is essentially oligotrophic, in concentrations ranging from 4 to 40 g/l can be used effectively to remove hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions. The process is pH dependent, the optimum range being 1.5-3. Treatment of the exhausted peat with 1 M NaOH removed only 50% of the sorbed metal, suggesting that the binding to the peat involved strong chemisorption forces.

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