Juniper Publishers- Open Access Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources Evaluation of Green Clover Leaves as Green and Economic Sorbent for Removal of High Levels of Iron from Different Water Source Authored by Hassouna MEM Abstract Green clover powdered leaves and their modified forms with lactic acid and tri sodium citrate have been used as low cost and eco-friendly adsorbents for the removal of iron from aqueous media. Samples were collected from different water supplies (surface, tap and ground water).The different factors affecting the adsorption procedure such as: adsorbent dose, stirring time and pH have been optimized for the sake of realizing maximum removal efficiency. The removal efficiency of the unmodified green clover was increased with the increase of the pH value until reaching its maximum uptake in the range 4-7. Both the sodium citrate and lactic acid modified green clover powders showed maximum uptake in the pH range 5-6. T...
