Abstract
This paper studies the use of two activated carbon samples made of cocoa pod husk (CPH-AC) and one commercial activated carbon sample in the adsorption of As(V), Cd(II) and Pb(II) from multicomponent synthetic solutions and from the Puyango-Tumbes River water, a river located in northwest Peru. The characterization of the activated carbon samples was conducted. The CPH-AC samples exhibited a specific surface area (SBET) between 709 and 1117 m2/g and a pH point of zero charge (pHPZC) between 4.4 ± 0.2 and 5 ± 0.2, while the commercial material gave an SBET value of 775 m2/g and a pHPZC value of 7.6 ± 0.1. All the evaluated samples displayed the capacity to adsorb As(V), Cd(II) and Pb(II) from both aqueous systems. The adsorption efficiency for Pb was outstanding reaching the value of 89%. A pseudo-second order kinetic model was satisfactorily applied for most of the activated carbon samples.
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