Removal of Aluminium from Metal Plating Industrial Waste Water by Different Column Chromatography Technique

K. Shameem Rani

Abstract: Recently electroplating and metal working industries discharge huge quantities of heavy metals in their effluent. It is major problem to human health and aquatic life. Number of works has been done in copper, nickel, lead, zinc, Iron but in the adsorption of aluminium heavy metals work is very less. Precipitation, solvent extraction, membrane processing, and electrolytic methods are available for reducing the metals but it is high cost. So cheap and effective alternative method are used for the removal of heavy metals for reduce operating costs. The numbers of low cost adsorbents Zeolite, tea waste, rice husk, coconut husk and Sabina powder have been used for the removal of aluminium heavy metals.

Keywords: Aluminium waste water, rice husk, tea waste, coconut husk