Saygili, Gulbahar AkkayaSaygili, HasanYilmaz, CumaliGuzel, Fuat2024-04-242024-04-2420200149-63951520-5754https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2019.1653917https://hdl.handle.net/11468/16728The mixture of citrus fruits (orange, grapefruit, mandarin, and lemon) wastes was utilized to obtain high surface area activated carbon (AC) by H3PO4 activation. The production conditions were optimized and the optimum conditions were determined. The optimal-activated carbon (CFWAC) was characterized by various physicochemical techniques. CFWAC was also used as a sorbent for Pb (II) ions from water. Batch experiments were performed to explore the adsorption capacity and mechanism. The Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model showed good fitness to the experimental data. The maximum Pb (II) adsorption capacity of CFWAC was found to be 163.93 mg/g.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessActivated CarbonCitrus Fruits WasteLead AdsorptionCharacterizationWastewater TreatmentArticle551526992712WOS:0004831607000012-s2.0-8507132026810.1080/01496395.2019.1653917Q2Q3