“…Most of the time, the adsorption capacities of such adsorbents are not large, and hence the study and exploration of more and more new adsorbents are still under progress. Some of the low‐cost adsorbents studied for the treatment of Pb(II) ions are sago waste, hazel nut shell, oak stem, Olive pomace , rice husk ash, tree fern, Botrytis cinerea , Cicer arientinum , papaya wood, grape stalk waste, modified orange peel, Oryza sativa L. Husk, Waste maize bran, coir, Spirogyra neglecta , tea waste, Caulerpa lentillifera , fraximus tree leaves, lignin, nopal, ulmus tree leaves, rice husk ash, bael leaves, corncobs, Moringa olifera bark, sulphuric acid treated cashew nut shell, etc. The main objectives of the present study is to evaluate the potential of the surface modified Strychnos potatorum seeds (SMSP) as a low‐cost adsorbent for removal of Pb(II) ions from aqueous solution and also to study the adsorption mechanism of Pb(II) ions onto the SMSP.…”