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This study was carried out to evaluate the Equilibrium of the removal of 2-Chlorophenol from aqueoussolution onto bone char and the parameters that were studied were Concentration, Adsorbent dosage and Time. The bone char was obtained from by calcination process occurring at 500⁰C for 2hours. This char was characterized by using FT-IR, XRD,SEM/EDS and BET. Batch adsorption experiment was carried out to investigate the following variables, pH, Concentration and Adsorbent dosage. The morphology of the bone char showed fine hexagonal shaped particles and a have homogenous structure with rough edges also the presence of elements Carbon, Oxygen, Silicon, Phosphorus, Aluminum,Potassium andCalcium was observed. It was observed that as the concentration increased the amount adsorbed increased, the pH study showed that the adsorption capacity was highest at pH 7.3, lowest at acidic condition and followed by the basic condition. It revealed that cow bone char has good adsorption properties and could be utilized for the treatment of 2Chlorophenol in waste water
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