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Study on the possibilities for the industrial water purification from heavy metal ions

  • 1 University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2 Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

Among the various methods for water purification and treatment from contaminated industrial pollutants, one of the most used is the adsorption methods based on activated carbons. The purpose of our study is to investigate the correlation between the porous texture and chemical nature of the surface and sorption capacity of the activated carbon, obtained based on lignite coal. The object of the study is also to determine its effectiveness as a sorbent for Cd-ions purification of contaminated industrial water. The obtained data from the conducted investigation show that the adsorbent based on such kind of activated carbon has good qualities for water purification from various pollutants and heavy metals

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