International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278 - 3202 1 2 2012 June 10 Removal of Nickel ion from Industrial Waste Water using Maize Cob 7 11 EN Muhammad Jamshed Khan 1 Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, PAKISTAN Asad Abbas 2 University of Salmanca, SPAIN Mazhar Ayaz 3 Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, PAKISTAN Naeem Muhammad 4 Institute of Applied and Pure Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, PAKISTAN Saleem Qadir 5 University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, PAKISTAN Muhammad Saleem Akhter 6 Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, PAKISTAN Zia Waseem 7 Livestock and Dairy department, Government of Punjab, PAKISTAN P. Muthusamy 1 Department of Biotechnology, Karunya University,Tamil Nadu, INDIA S. Murugan 2 Department of Biotechnology, Karunya University,Tamil Nadu, INDIA Smitha Manothi 3 Department of Biotechnology, Karunya University,Tamil Nadu, INDIA > Research Paper 2012 4 20 2012 June 10 The adsorption of Nickel (II) on Maioze cob has been studied using atomic absorption spectroscopy for metal estimation. Parameters like Heavy metal concentration, adsorbent dose, contact time and agitation speed were studied. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were employed to describe adsorption equilibrium. Maximum amount of nickel adsorbed as evaluated by Freundlich isotherm. Study concluded that Maize cob, a waste material, have good potential as an adsorbent to remove toxic heavy metal like nickel from industrial waste water. Copyright@ International Science Community Association