Activated Carbons for the Removal of Copper and Iron Ions from Wine Samples

Abstract

Pollution of the planet has gone beyond all bounds. One of these aspects is the burden on the environment with heavy metals. The problem with this type of metals is that they accumulate in the environment with negative consequences. In this paper, we deal with the removal of copper and iron ions from wine. Wine is in our daily life, and its technological interest is located in removing excess copper and iron during its production chain. Today, we do not use activated carbon to remove these two heavy metals but alternative chemical methods. In the present work to remove these two metals, we study the use of activated carbon derived from potato peel (AC-Pot) in one case and the use of activated carbon derived from the banana peel (AC-Ban) in the second case.