espanolEn esta investigacion se utilizo cascara de yuca (Manihot esculenta) pararemover cromo (VI) de disoluciones acuosas simulando efluentes industriales.Se utilizo un esquema de operacion por lotes y se realizaronpruebas variando la concentracion inicial de cromo (30, 40 y 50 ppm) yla temperatura (25, 30 y 35 °C), manteniendo fija la concentracion deladsorbente (3,33 g/l), el tiempo de contacto 40 minutos y el pH 2, el cualse ajusto con acido sulfurico (H2SO4). Los datos obtenidos fueron ajustadosa cuatro modelos cineticos: primer orden reversible, pseudosegundoorden, Elovich y difusion intraparticula. Los datos se ajustaron mejoral modelo de pseudosegundo orden. Tambien se realizaron pruebasusando una concentracion inicial de 50 ppm y tiempo de contacto de 120minutos, variando la concentracion del adsorbente (2, 4, 20 y 25 g/l). Sedetermino que a mayor concentracion de bioadsorbente se presenta mayorporcentaje de remocion. EnglishIn this research, cassava peel (Manihot esculenta) was used to removechromium (VI) from aqueous solution simulating industrial effluents.Batch adsorption operation was used and tests were performed by varyingthe initial concentration of chromium solution (30, 40 and 50 ppm)and temperature (25, 30 and 35 °C), keeping fixed the adsorbent dosage(3.33 g/l), the contact time 40 minutos and pH 2, which was adjusted withsulfuric acid (H2SO4). Data were fitted to four kinetic models: reversiblefirst-order, pseudo second-order, Elovich and intraparticle diffusionmodels. Pseudo second-order model fits best to most experimental data.Tests were also performed using an initial concentration of 50 ppm andcontact time of 120 minutos, varying the adsorbent dosage (2, 4, 20 and25 g/l). The higher adsorbent dosage is, the higher percent removal ofCr(VI) is observed.