Characterization of Native and Graft Copolymerized Albizia Gums and Their Application as a Flocculant

Table 6

Ion removal capacity of native (ASN) and graft copolymerized Albizia saman (ASG) and native (AGN) and graft copolymerized (AGG) Albizia glaberrima gums.

Gums	Initial conc. of Ni^2+ (ppm)	Final conc. of Ni^2+ (ppm)	Metal ion uptake (%)	Retention capacity (ppm/mg)
ASN	110.000	63.721	42.07	38.760
ASG	110.000	63.342	42.42	38.886
AGN	110.000	62.046	43.59	39.318
AGG	110.000	61.598	44.00	39.467