WASTE FROM THE PROCESSING OF MELONS AND GOURDS AS REAGENTS FOR REMOVING POLLUTANTS FROM AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS

Abstract

The literature data on the use of biomass and waste from the processing of melons (pumpkin, watermelon, melon, cucumber) as sorption materials for various pollutants removing from aquatic environments are summarized. It was determined that dried shells of melons and gourds are effective sorption materials for the extraction of heavy metal ions and dyes. The seeds of large fruits of melons (pumpkin, watermelon, melon), as well as their shells, also showed good sorption performance for heavy metal ions and dyes. It was revealed that most of the isotherms of the adsorption of pollutants on the processing of melons and gourds waste are most accurately described by the Langmuir model, less often by the Freundlich model, singularly by the Temkin or Dubinin-Radushkevich models. It is determined that the process kinetics in all cases follows the pseudo-second order model. To increase the adsorption characteristics of the components of melons and gourds for various pollutants, the materials were modified with various chemical reagents.