Iron Oxide Impregnated Morus alba L. Fruit Peel for Biosorption of Co(II): Biosorption Properties and Mechanism

Table 6

Desorption studies of Co(II) from MAFP and IO-MAFP biomasses.

Desorbing solution	Concentration of desorbing solution; mol L^−1	Desorption of metal ion (%)
		MAFP	IO-MAFP
EDTA	0.001	56.45	60.54
	0.005	76.25	80.32
	0.01	87.24	90.31
	0.02	90.25	93.50
	0.03	98.06	99.15
HCl	0.001	22.56	25.43
	0.005	36.57	35.07
	0.01	85.28	87.76
	0.02	89.96	88.95
	0.03	92.15	91.23
HNO3	0.001	33.46	32.65
	0.005	49.98	53.46
	0.01	78.26	81.23
	0.02	90.26	92.45
	0.03	98.24	98.76