Research Article

Removal of Cadmium (II), Chromium (III), and Lead (II) Heavy Metal Ions from Water by Graft Copolymerization of Acrylonitrile onto Date Palm Fiber Using H2O2/Fe++ as an Initiator

Table 1

Kinetic constant parameters obtained for heavy metal adsorption on polyamidoxime resin.

MetalPseudo-first orderPseudo-second orderIntraparticle diffusion model
(mg/L) exp (mg/g) (10-3) (min-1) cal (mg/g) (10-2) (g/mg·min) cal (mg/g) (g/min) (mg/g·min) (mg/g)

Lead (II)7022.4041.22518.80.9760.3017.950.970.9962.2625.3970.992
5023.9032.7226.010.9760.4027.032.910.9921.73310.5210.990
3013.8153.19363.090.9810.2427.851.820.9901.5672.1120.979

Chromium (III)7019.5862.871659.70.8800.0832.790.8980.9742.9291.6310.965
5016.3933.85111.880.9940.9317.642.890.9950.8569.6450.986
3010.7229.4843.580.9740.3114.470.640.9701.2591.080.988

Cadmium (II)7016.2445.14832.60.9370.39936.490.530.9472.7453.9990.983
5015.5453.1919.130.9211.116.863.140.9980.8089.540.977
308.9251.8272.310.9240.50311.480.660.9860.9771.6620.967