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Experimental Studies on Arsenic Removal Efficiencies Through Adsorption Using Different Natural Adsorbents

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With the aim of exploring a locally available suitable adsorbent for arsenic removal, this paper presents investigations on arsenic removal characteristics of different natural sand samples. Arsenic removal characteristics of naturally available samples were compared with a commercial sample. Kinetic experiments revealed that with higher dose concentration (5 g in 50 mL arsenic contaminated water). TGS, Skye sand and GFH sand reduced the initial arsenic concentration of 500 μg/L to below 10 μg/L within 2 h. Through adsorption batch experiments, it was found that with lower dose concentrations (≤ 2.5 g in 50 mL), among all the samples tested Skye sand naturally found in Victoria (Australia) has the highest arsenic removal efficiency. Further kinetic analysis was conducted with Skye sand, which reveals that the equilibrium data of kinetic experiment can be represented with a pseudo-first-order equation. Adsorption isotherm analysis reveals that arsenic adsorption isotherm of Skye sand can be well-expressed by the Langmuir model. Moreover, it is found that with the presence of 1 mmol/L phosphate (at pH 7.0), arsenic adsorption capacity of Skye sand is reduced by about 45%.

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Khan, S.A., Imteaz, M.A. Experimental Studies on Arsenic Removal Efficiencies Through Adsorption Using Different Natural Adsorbents. Water Air Soil Pollut 232, 16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04977-1

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