Chemical modification of rose leaf with polypyrrole for the removal of Pb (II) and Cd (II) from aqueous solution

The rose leaf was successfully modified through coating with polypyrrole (PPy) in chemical oxidative route in order to remove Pb(II) and Cd(II) from aqueous media. The rose leaf/polypyrrole (RL/PPy) composites were characterized in terms of morphology, chemical structure, and conductivity properties. The spectrum were obtained from FTIR results which support the formation of RL/PPy composites. FTIR and SEM results indicate that the polypyrrole is completely covered on rose leaf. The conductivity of composite (1.8215 S/cm) was higher than polypyrrole (2.06 × 10^?3 S/cm). The metal removal studies were monitored by Ultraviolet Visible Absorption Spectrometer (UV-Vis). The optimum conditions were detected for adsorption by changing some experimental conditions (such as adsorbent dosage, contact time and stirring speed, initial concentration of the metal solutions and pH). Following the determination of the optimum conditions, the results of the metal removal from wastewater studies were performed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). Under the optimum conditions, the ICP-OES results obtained for waste water showed the useability of composite for the removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II). The Langmuir and Freundlich models are subjected to adsorption datas. The datas fitted better when by using Freundlich model.