American Journal of Chemical Engineering 2017; 5(6): 147-153 http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ajche doi: 10.11648/j.ajche.20170506.15 ISSN: 2330-8605 (Print); ISSN: 2330-8613 (Online) Eco – Friendly Removing of Some Heavy Metals Via Morusnigra Leaves Said Milad 1 , Mohamed Ezeldin 2 1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zaytouna University, Tarhona, Libya 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, Sudan Email address: wadalmsna3.com@gmail.com (M. Ezeldin) To cite this article: Said Milad, Mohamed Ezeldin. Eco – Friendly Removing of Some Heavy Metals Via Morusnigra Leaves. American Journal of Chemical Engineering. Vol. 5, No. 6, 2017, pp. 147-153. doi: 10.11648/j.ajche.20170506.15 Received: August 11, 2017; Accepted: September 11, 2017; Published: November 17, 2017 Abstract: The main objective of this research is using of Morusnigra leaves powder as adsorptive material for remove of some heavy metals ions, practically Pb(ii), Cu(ii), Mn(ii) and Co(ii). The efficiency of Morusnigra leaves powder was investigated to remove these heavy metals ions form their solutions and wastewater. The parameters such as weight of adsorptive material (g) and Metal ion concentration are investigated in the constant time and pH. The results showed that as weight of adsorptive material increased the removal% was increased. Therefore, the higher removal% for Pb(ii), Cu(ii), Mn(ii) and Co(ii) was found to be 91, 85, 83 and 67 respectively. Keywords: Adsorption Isotherm, Morusnigra, Eco-Friendly Removing 1. Introduction Local name is Creole (mi); English (mulberry, small fruited mulberry, blackmulberry, black Persian); French (Muriernoir, mûres); German (Schwarzer Maulbeerßaum); Hindi (tut, shah-tut); Indonesian (murbei); Italian (gelsonero); Javanese (besaran); Spanish (moranegra, morero, moreranegra); Swahili (mforsadi); [1] trade name (tut); Vietnamese (dâu tam). Morusnigra is a deciduous tree, slender but with numerous branches. Grows to 6-9 m in height, but it tends to be a bush if not trained when young. Leaves rough on upper surfaces and pubescent underneath [2], 7-12.5 cm long, often producing leaves of several different shapes, with 1 or more lobes, multilobed leaves often appearing on the same branches as lobeless ones; abnormally shaped leaves usually produced from stem shoots or sucker growths, and frequently by very vigorous young branches. Flowers held on short, green, pendulous, nondescript catkins that appear in the axils of the current season’s growth and on spurs on older wood. The flowers appear in 1.3 cm scaly clusters, female flowers ripening quickly into 1.3-2.5 cm blackberry-shaped edible fruits. Botanically, the fruit is not a berry but a collective fruit; the fleshy bases of pollinated flowers begin to swell and ultimately become completely altered in texture and colour, becoming succulent, fat and full of juice [3]. In appearance, each tiny swollen flower roughly resembles the individual drupe of a blackberry. The colour of the fruit does not identify the mulberry species. It has been suggested that the generic name of the mulberry [4], Morus, was derived from the Latin ‘mora’ (delay), from the tardy expansion of the buds. An alternative explanation is that it comes from the Celtic ‘mor’ (black), referring to the colour of the fruit. The specific name refers to the dark colour of the fruit. Trees are either dioecious or monoecious, and sometimes will change from one sex to the other. M. nigra trees do not begin to bear much fruit before 15 years of age. They are wind pollinated, and some cultivars will set fruit without any pollination, for example in California, USA. The self-fertile trees commonly produce 2 crops a year [5] [7] [8]. Several technologies have been proposed to treat wastewater contaminated with metal species. Among several technologies, the extraction of metal ions using solid materials such as modified silica, alumina [9] [10], activated carbon, and resins has been extensively investigated [11]. These materials have been subjected to functionalization reactions to anchor molecules containing Lewis bases in its structure, which acts as ametal collector [12] [13]. In the case of silica, the main advantages are its high surface reactivity,