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Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater

Boron has been classified as a drinking water pollutant in many countries. It is harmful to many plants, exceptionally sensible plants, and human health. Therefore, boron level needs to be decreased to 0.3 mg/L for drinking water and within 0.5 mg/L to 1 mg/L for irrigation water. In...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, Moussa Mohamed, Nik Abdul Ghani, Nik Rashida, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Salleh, Md. Noor
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TP155 Chemical engineering
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spelling my.iium.irep.870872020-12-28T04:30:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/87087/ Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater Ahmed, Moussa Mohamed Nik Abdul Ghani, Nik Rashida Jami, Mohammed Saedi Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed Salleh, Md. Noor TP155 Chemical engineering Boron has been classified as a drinking water pollutant in many countries. It is harmful to many plants, exceptionally sensible plants, and human health. Therefore, boron level needs to be decreased to 0.3 mg/L for drinking water and within 0.5 mg/L to 1 mg/L for irrigation water. In this study, various operational parameters namely pH, contact time and liquid/solid ratio were investigated to determine the potential of using date seed (or date pit or date stone) to remove boron from seawater. This study's main objective was to determine boron adsorption capacities of date seeds prepared by various methods (i.e., powdered, activated, acid-treated and defatted seed) by batch adsorption process using boron contaminated synthetic seawater. The process parameters of the selected biosorbent among the four date seed preparations methods were optimized. The surface characteristics were analyzed by using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The results showed that acid-treated date seed was the best biosorbent in terms of removing 89.18% boron from aqueous solution at neutral pH, liquid to solid ratio of 5 within 2 hours of reaction time at room temperature (25°C±2°C). IIUM Press 2020-12-27 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/87087/1/87087_Investigating%20the%20use%20of%20date%20seed.pdf Ahmed, Moussa Mohamed and Nik Abdul Ghani, Nik Rashida and Jami, Mohammed Saedi and Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed and Salleh, Md. Noor (2020) Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater. Biological And Natural Resources Engineering Journal, 3 (2). pp. 55-73. E-ISSN 2637-0719 https://journals.iium.edu.my/bnrej/index.php/bnrej/article/view/51
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topic TP155 Chemical engineering
spellingShingle TP155 Chemical engineering
Ahmed, Moussa Mohamed
Nik Abdul Ghani, Nik Rashida
Jami, Mohammed Saedi
Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
Salleh, Md. Noor
Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater
description Boron has been classified as a drinking water pollutant in many countries. It is harmful to many plants, exceptionally sensible plants, and human health. Therefore, boron level needs to be decreased to 0.3 mg/L for drinking water and within 0.5 mg/L to 1 mg/L for irrigation water. In this study, various operational parameters namely pH, contact time and liquid/solid ratio were investigated to determine the potential of using date seed (or date pit or date stone) to remove boron from seawater. This study's main objective was to determine boron adsorption capacities of date seeds prepared by various methods (i.e., powdered, activated, acid-treated and defatted seed) by batch adsorption process using boron contaminated synthetic seawater. The process parameters of the selected biosorbent among the four date seed preparations methods were optimized. The surface characteristics were analyzed by using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The results showed that acid-treated date seed was the best biosorbent in terms of removing 89.18% boron from aqueous solution at neutral pH, liquid to solid ratio of 5 within 2 hours of reaction time at room temperature (25°C±2°C).
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author Ahmed, Moussa Mohamed
Nik Abdul Ghani, Nik Rashida
Jami, Mohammed Saedi
Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
Salleh, Md. Noor
author_facet Ahmed, Moussa Mohamed
Nik Abdul Ghani, Nik Rashida
Jami, Mohammed Saedi
Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
Salleh, Md. Noor
author_sort Ahmed, Moussa Mohamed
title Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater
title_short Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater
title_full Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater
title_fullStr Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater
title_sort investigating the use of date seed for removal of boron from seawater
publisher IIUM Press
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/87087/1/87087_Investigating%20the%20use%20of%20date%20seed.pdf
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