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Pitahaya Fruit ( Hylocereus spp.) Peels Evaluation for Removal of Pb(II), Cd(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) from the Waters

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  • Mohamed Abatal

    (Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Carmen, Ciudad del Carmen 24153, Mexico)

  • Eder C. Lima

    (Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Goncalves 9500, Postal Box 15003, Porto Alegre 91501-970, Brazil)

  • Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis

    (Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Joel Vargas

    (Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Col. Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia 58190, Mexico)

  • Ioannis Anastopoulos

    (Department of Agriculture, University of Ioannina, UoI Kostakii Campus, 47040 Arta, Greece)

  • Maria T. Olguin

    (Departamento de Química, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, A.P. 18–1027, Ciudad de México 11801, Mexico)

  • Ismeli Alfonso

    (Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Col. Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia 58190, Mexico)

Abstract

The present study investigated the performance of Pitahaya ( Hylocereus spp.) peel (PP) as a low-cost biosorbent in the removal of Co(II), Cd(II), Pb(II), and Ni(II) from single and multi-component solutions. The characterization of the samples was carried out by pHpzc, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and scanning electron microscopy/energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). Biosorption was carried out by batch experimental procedure to examine the effects of contact time, solution pH, initial concentration of metal ions, and biosorbent dosage. The results indicate that the biosorption of Pb(II), Cd(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) Pitahaya peels followed pseudo-second-order kinetics, and equilibrium adsorption followed the Langmuir model. The maximum sorption capacities of PP for the metallic species were found to be as follows: Pb (82.64 mg g −1 ) > Cd (17.95 mg g −1 ) > Co (6.013 mg g −1 ) > Ni (5.322 mg g −1 ). However, the efficiency of the biosorption change when the metallic species are mixed. The re-generation of the PP after the adsorption of the metallic species was done using 0.1 M HNO 3 solution, and the reusability of the biomass was carried out using two adsorption and desorption cycles.

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  • Mohamed Abatal & Eder C. Lima & Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis & Joel Vargas & Ioannis Anastopoulos & Maria T. Olguin & Ismeli Alfonso, 2022. "Pitahaya Fruit ( Hylocereus spp.) Peels Evaluation for Removal of Pb(II), Cd(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) from the Waters," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-15, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:1685-:d:740325
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    1. Adriana Herrera-Barros & Candelaria Tejada-Tovar & Ángel Darío González-Delgado, 2022. "Green Nanoparticle-Aided Biosorption of Nickel Ions Using Four Dry Residual Biomasses: A Comparative Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-13, June.

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