Abstract
The de-oiled allspice husk in México has been converted into a cheap adsorbent that we aim to investigate for its ability to remove Pb2+ from aqueous solution after chemically modifying this material through a xanthate reaction. Batch tests were conducted to find out optimum pH and equilibrium isotherm. The adsorption process can attain equilibrium within 120min and kinetics was found to be best-fit pseudo second-order equation at 25°C, the best lead removal was 98% at pH4, at 250rpm. The maximum adsorption capacity of de-oiled allspice husk xanthate was found for a continuous process, removed 99.8%, the experimental results were appropriately fitted by the Thomas model, with 2.5g of de-oiled allspice husk xanthate. The material was characterised using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), surface area measurement (BET) and Scanning Electron Microscope–Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM–EDS).
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