Abstract
Aqueous nitrate solutions containing 10,20,30,40 and 50 ppm of nitrate were prepared. These solutions were subjected to batch type experiments to find out the effect of agitation time on the removal of nitrate using powdered peel of Citrus reticulate. The results were haphazard. Further, the effect of time on the removal of nitrate was found out by more addition of 200 mg of powdered peel of Citrus reticulate to 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 ppm of aqueous nitrate solution. The studies predicted the absence of adsorption mechanism and the removal have not obeyed Freundlich adsorption isotherm. The removal mechanism may be the reduction process and the Citrus reticulate powder is expected to possess antioxidant property.