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Cost Effective and Natural Plant Based Coagulant for Removal of Chloride from Potable Water
Corresponding Author(s) : Boselin Prabhu S.R.
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 32 No. 4 (2020): Vol 32 Issue 4, 2020
Abstract
In present study, water quality was assessed by collecting ten water samples in and around Tiruppur city of India. The physico-chemical characterisation of the water samples were analyzed using standard protocols. The samples with higher chloride content (3106 mg/L) was found in Ganapathy Palayam sample, the value was higher than the BIS prescribed limit. The sample was subjected to treatment with various dosages of the phyto coagulating agent Tamarindus indica L. seed powder and its polysaccharide. The maximum 51 % of chloride reduction was obtained with 0.3 g of seed polysaccharide, and it was taken as optimum dosage. The raw seed removed 47 % of chloride by the dosage 0.4 g. The seed powder was characterized by GC-MS and FT-IR analysis. The GC-MS chromatogram showed the presence of various phytocompounds such as lupanine, cyclopropane octanoic acid, ascorbic acid, octadecanoic acid in the plants. The functional groups found in the seed powder were characterized by FTIR analysis. The evaluated results confirmed the contamination of potable water in Tiruppur city by the dyeing industries located near the water sources. The present work concluded that tamarind seed coagulants are efficient, eco-friendly, low-cost and easily available material, which could be used for the treatment of potable water.
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T. Tsuda, M. Watanabe, K. Ohshima, A. Yamamoto, S. Kawakishi and T. Osawa, J. Agric. Food Chem., 42, 2671 (1994); https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00048a004
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M. Soylak, F. Aydin, S. Saracoglu and S. Elci and M. Dogan, Polish J. Environ. Stud., 11, 151 (2002).
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