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dc.contributor.authorKaruga, John
dc.contributor.authorJande, Yusufu
dc.contributor.authorKim, Hee
dc.contributor.authorKing’ondu, Cecil
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:51:38Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:51:38Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-25
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4236/aces.2016.64044
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/701
dc.descriptionThis research article published by Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2016en_US
dc.description.abstractThe levels of fluoride in various ground water sources in East Africa are above the World Health Organization upper limit of 1.5 mg/L. Research on diverse defluoridation technologies has proven that adsorption stands out as an affordable, efficient, and facile technology. Fish swim bladder-derived porous carbon (FBPC) activated by KOH and surface oxidized by nitric acid was successfully investigated as an adsorbent for defluoridation at portable water pH. The FBPC was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-raydiffraction (XRD) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Batch methods were used to study physiochemical parameters viz., initial fluoride concentration, temperature, adsorbate dosage, contact time and pH. Freundlich, Temkin, Langmuir and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms were plotted and analyzed to understand the adsorption process. Bangham, Weber Morris, pseudo first and second-order models were used to elucidate the kinetics of adsorption. Optimal conditions for fluoride removal were found to be: pH of 6, FBPC adsorbent dose of 5.0 g/L and contact time of 50 min. Flouride adsorption followed pseudo second-order kinetic model and Langmuir isotherm best describes the adsorption process.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScientific Research Publishing Incen_US
dc.subjectFish Swim Bladderen_US
dc.subjectPorous Carbonen_US
dc.titleFish Swim Bladder-Derived Porous Carbon for Defluoridation at Potable Water pHen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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