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Removal of Arsenic from Groundwater Using Nano-Metal Oxide Adsorbents

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Arsenic can be found in groundwater that is harmful to human beings. In this research, we present the potential uses of ZnO microparticles, ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles to removal arsenic in groundwater. The experiments of %arsenic removal upon using ZnO microparticles ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles were conducted in 25 mL of sample volume with 0.05 g of nanoadorpbents at pH 6. We found that the efficiency of arsenic adsorption increased with a reduction of particle size of theadsorbents. Upon using nanoadsorbents to remove arsenic from the solutions with the concentrations of 200-2000 ppb, we found that the %removal of arsenic decreased from 100% to 84% for ZnO nanoparticles and 100% to 97% for TiO2 nanoparticles. Adsorption capacities upon using ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles were 0.85 and 0.99 mg of arsenic/g of sorbents, respectively. TiO2 nanoparticles exhibited a better adsorption ability to arsenic than that ZnO because TiO2 nanoparticles had a smaller average particle size and larger surface area allowed the adsorption of hydroxyl groups on the surface that could bond with in coming HAsO42- via hydrogen bonding resulting in a better arsenic adsorptive capacity.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 751)

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Phitchaya Muensri, Supamas Danwittayakul*

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Arsenic Adsorption, Metal Oxides, Nanoadsorbents, Nanoparticles

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