• Title of article

    SORPTION EFFICIENCY STUDY OF PESTICIDE ADSORPTION ON GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBON FROM GROUNDNUT SHELL USING GC/MS

  • Author/Authors

    A.S.Aminu، نويسنده , , C.E.Gimba، نويسنده , , J. Kagbu، نويسنده , , M.Turoti، نويسنده , , A.U.Itodo and A.I.Sariyya، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    1222
  • To page
    1231
  • Abstract
    KOH, H3PO4 and ZnCl2 catalyzed Groundnut shells, subjected to a one and two steps activation methods were employed to study Insecticide (Dichlorvos) uptake. Quantitation, using GC/MS gave a percentage removal of over 98% by all the sorbent in the series. The percentage removal for the one step method follows the trend 1S/KOH/10 (100%) > 1S/H3PO4/10 (99.780%) > 1S/ZnCl2/10 (99.240%). Physicochemical data and close proximity of equilibrium results (qe) to those of similar biowaste as reviewed in literature are indication that Groundnut Shell based sorbent in this study could compete favorably well for pesticide(dichlorvos) uptake.
  • Keywords
    sorption , activated carbon , Groundnut shells , GC/MS
  • Journal title
    Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Record number

    665531