HEAVY METAL REMOVAL USING MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANE INCORPORATED WITH MONTMORILLONITE
The removal of heavy metal by using mixed matrix membrane (MMM) incorporated with montmorillonite (MMT) was studied. In general, MMM referred to membrane that consists of polymers filled with inorganic material in order to enhance the membrane’s chemical and physical properties particularly in...
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
2022
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| Summary: | The removal of heavy metal by using mixed matrix membrane (MMM) incorporated
with montmorillonite (MMT) was studied. In general, MMM referred to membrane that
consists of polymers filled with inorganic material in order to enhance the membrane’s
chemical and physical properties particularly in water separation application. In this study,
MMM was prepared using polysulfone (PSf) polymer incorporated with MMT and casted
using phase inversion technique. The prepared membrane were characterized using Fourier
Transform Infrared (FTIR) to analyze the functional groups, Scanning Electron Microscopy�Energy Dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX) to observe the membrane cross section morphology and
conduct elemental analysis, and water uptake analysis to know the membrane capability to
absorb water. Then, the performance of prepared membranes were evaluated in terms pure
water flux and capability of the membrane to remove heavy metal in wastewater. Based on the
membrane performance, 1.0MMM was the most preferred as it has significant rejection of
cadmium and lead as well as high pure water flux, surface porosity and permeate flux. |
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