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Comparative Studies of Fluoride Removal from Groundwater by Calcium Carbonate, Activated Alumina and Activated Punica granatum Ash

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2018.20927
Sudhanshu Kanaujia
Department of Chemistry, United College of Engineering and Research, Naini, Allahabad-211 010, India
Sanjay Kumar Singh
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow-226 021, India
Bharat Singh
Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211 002, India

Corresponding Author(s) : Sudhanshu Kanaujia

sh.sudhanshu@gmail.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 30 No. 4 (2018): Vol 30 Issue 4

Abstract

This study investigates the comparative feasibility of three low-cost adsorbents namely calcium carbonate, activated alumina and activated Punica granatum ash (APGA) for the removal of fluoride ions by adsorption from groundwater of Raebareli district of India. The effect of various process parameters like pH, contact time, adsorbent dose, etc. have been investigated by batch adsorption technique. Experimental results revealed that fluoride adsorption increases with increasing adsorbent dose. Fluoride adsorption increased with increasing contact time and reached equilibrium at 100 min for all the three adsorbents. The maximum fluoride adsorptions occurred at 4.7, 1.03 and 3.34 mg/g of calcium carbonate, activated alumina and activated Punica granatum ash, respectively. All the adsorption experimental data of calcium carbonate, activated alumina and activated Punica granatum ash were fitted well with the Langmuir isotherm and followed pseudo-second-order kinetics.

Keywords

Fluoride adsorption Punica granatum ash Calcium carbonate Activated carbon Langmuir isotherm
Kanaujia, S., Singh, S. K., & Singh, B. (2018). Comparative Studies of Fluoride Removal from Groundwater by Calcium Carbonate, Activated Alumina and Activated Punica granatum Ash. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 30(4), 753–758. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2018.20927
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