“…Activated sludge of size 0.38 mm with different weights (0.0625, 0.125, 0.25, 0.375, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4 and 5 g) was added gradually. pH was adjusted throughout the runs around 4 which is an optimum value (Farah, et al, 2007;Tunali et al, 2006) since at low pH values the biosorption of metals decreases because of competition for binding sites between ions and protons, while at pH higher than 6, solubility of metal complexes decreases sufficiently allowing precipitation, which may complicate the sorption process and do not bind to the adsorption sites on the surface of the biomass. After 4-7 hrs of agitation which is enough to reach equilibrium (AjayKumar et al, 2009), the solution was filtrated using filter paper type (Wattmann no.…”