Peat and coconut fiber as biofilters for chromium adsorption from contaminated wastewaters

Henryk, Kołoczek; Jarosław, Chwastowski; Witold, Żukowski

doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5285-x

Peat and coconut fiber as biofilters for chromium adsorption from contaminated wastewaters

Batch adsorption experiments were performed for the removal of chromium (III) and chromium (VI) ions from aqueous solutions using Canadian peat and coconut fiber. The Langmuir model was used to describe the adsorption isotherm. The maximum adsorption for peat reached 18.75 mg/g for Cr(III) and 8.…