Studies on dyed coconut (Cocos nucifera) pollens for removal of Cu (II) and Zn (II) from aqeoues solution
Keywords:
Adsorption dynamics, dyed coconut pollen grains, chemisorptions,, heavy metals removal.Abstract
The ability of undyed and dyed coconut pollens to remove Cu(II) and Zn(II) from single ion solutions
was been studied. The experiments were carried out using coconut pollens (1.0 g) undyed coconut
pollens, UDCP, and dyed coconut pollens, DCPI, DCPII and DCPIII of different particle sizes: 0.40, 0.63
and 0.80 mm, respectively. The amount of Cu(II) adsorbed on UDCP, DCPI, DCPII and DCPIII were 69.20,
97.90, 94.70 and 93.10%, respectively, while that of zinc adsorbed on these adsorbents were 87.15,
98.30, 92.55 and 90.05%, respectively. These results show that dyed coconut pollens is effective in
removing Cu(II) and Zn(II) from aqueous solutions.
