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dc.contributor.authorMwakabona, Hezron
dc.contributor.authorMachunda, Revocatus
dc.contributor.authorNjau, Karoli
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-04T11:51:51Z
dc.date.available2019-07-04T11:51:51Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-20
dc.identifier.issn2330-8613
dc.identifier.uridoi: 10.11648/j.ajche.20140204.12
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/355
dc.descriptionResearch Article published by Science Publishing Groupen_US
dc.description.abstractSeveral studies have reported various defluoridation capabilities of plant biomasses. The resultant variations in fluoride removal capacities are associated with the presence of different types of active functional groups in the respective biomasses. This study reports of the fluoride removal efficiencies of sisal leaf biomass in comparison. Comparison with other plant biomasses were made and hence the fluoride removal efficiencies of maize leaf (ML), goose grass (GG), banana false stem (BFS), Aloe vera (AV), untreated sisal fibre (USF) and sisal pith (SP) with similar active functional groups but different stereochemistry and solubility of the active compounds are reported. A portion of 0.5 g of each biomass was mixed with a 10 mg/l fluoride solution in a 10 ml portions under the same experimental conditions. The maximum fluoride removal capacity of sisal fibre biomass was found to be 26.6 %. By comparison, the fluoride removal efficiencies of ML, GG, BFS, AV, USF and SP were found to be, 4.1, 4.6, 7.1, 26.6, 29.4 and 47.3 % respectively. This suggests that, stereochemistry and solubility of the active compounds have a significant role to play in water defluoridation by plant biomasses, and thus, knowledge of the stereochemistry and solubility of the active compounds in plant biomass is very important to fully unlock biomass’ defluoridation potentials.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherScience Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectStereochemistryen_US
dc.subjectPlant Biomassen_US
dc.subjectSisal Pithen_US
dc.subjectSisal Fibreen_US
dc.titleThe influence of stereochemistry of the active compounds on fluoride adsorption efficiency of the plant biomassen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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