Evaluation of Empty Fava Beans Pods as Bioadsorbent for the Removal of Pb2+ from Aqueous Solutions Using Phytoadsorption Technique

Salaheddin A.  Sharif; Widad S.  El-Mugrbi; Hameda A. M. N.  El-Moghrabi; Mohamed A. B.  Mostafa; Adel  Alsharkasi; Reham B. A.-H.  Al Hussein; Khadija A.  Abubakr

doi:10.54172/mc14jz12

Authors

Salaheddin A. Sharif Mercury Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Benghazi, Ghemines, Libya Author
Widad S. El-Mugrbi Department of Botany, Facul-ty of Arts and Science, Uni-versity of Benghazi, Ghemines, Libya Author
Hameda A. M. N. El-Moghrabi Department of Botany, Facul-ty of Arts and Science, Uni-versity of Benghazi, Ghemines, Libya Author
Mohamed A. B. Mostafa Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tobruk University, Tobruk, Libya Author
Adel Alsharkasi Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya Author
Reham B. A.-H. Al Hussein Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, University of Benghazi, Ghemines, Libya Author
Khadija A. Abubakr Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, University of Benghazi, Ghemines, Libya Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54172/mc14jz12

Keywords:

Phytosorption, Dry Empty Fava Beans Pods, Lead Heavy Metal, Aqueous Solutions

Abstract

Environmental contamination with toxic heavy metals is a globally concerned issue. Cleaning up heavy metals from contaminated aquatic systems forces a lot of challenges. Phytoremediation processes are the interesting safe techniques that were focused by scientists and governments during the last decades for the up-taking of toxic heavy metals from ecosystems. Consequently, phytoadsorption approach was applied in this research using dry empty pods of fava beans (Vicia faba L.) to evaluate their potential for the removal of toxic lead heavy metal from its aqueous solutions. We have developed a green and simple method to remove lead ions (Pb²⁺) from their aquatic system. The obtained results have showed that the 350‒1000-μm biomass particles of fava beans pods were able to take up lead ions at highly rated removal percentages and high adsorption capacity using 100-ml, 100-ppm solutions at room temperature and neutral pH. For example, the highest removal percentage of lead ions was 66.8% with an absorption capacity of 3.34 mg/g using 2.0 g at a shaking rate of 200 OSC/min after 30 min. On the other hand, the removal percentage of lead ions using 0.1 g of fava beans pods biomass was 36.8 % with the highest absorption capacity of 36.8 mg/g at a shaking rate of 800 OSC/min at the same period of time. Therefore, the empty fava beans (Vicia faba L.) pods can be used as potential phytoadsorbents for the removal of lead and other heavy metals from the contaminated aquatic ecosystems.

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