Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water by Hydroxyapatite Nano Particles
Mahsa Mirhosseini2 * , Esmaeil Biazar1 and Keivan Saeb2
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.9.2.13
Arsenic(As) containedin drinking water can cause adverse effect son human health. This study investigated the effect of hydroxyapatite nano particles (nano-HAp) on sorption of As(V) ions in aqueous solution. The amounts of arsenic ion,nano-HAp and pH on removal efficiency were also investigated.Resultsshowed that theremoval ofarsenatefromwater using hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, improved with increasing pH. The optimum amount of nano-HAp for As (V) removal isfound to be 0/6g/L with the removal efficiency of 88 %. The sorption data were then correlated with the Langmuir, Freundlich, adsorption isotherm models. The results indicated that nano-HAp can be used as an effective adsorbent for removal of As(V) from aqueous solution.
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Mirhosseini M, Biazar E, Saeb K. Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water by Hydroxyapatite Nano Particles. Curr World Environ 2014;9 (2) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.9.2.13
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Mirhosseini M, Biazar E, Saeb K. Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water by Hydroxyapatite Nano Particles. Curr World Environ 2014;9(2). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=6566
