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The research conducted here will hopefully lead to the creation of a practical, inexpensive method for purging aqueous solutions of contaminating phenolic chemicals. A biosorbent system comprised of eggshells and iron was studied for its potential to effectively detoxify phenol. Both the eggshell and the iron systems were used in the preparation of the adsorbents in order to achieve the desired result of having the properties of both systems. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used for characterisation. Batch tests were conducted to evaluate the adsorption capacity of eggshells and iron under the influence of different operating parameters (shaking speed, pH, initial phenol content, and contact time). In the design-expert modelling, the optimisation conditions were found to be a pollutant concentration = 30.0 mg . L–1, pH of 3.00, adsorbent dose = 0.11 mg . L–1, shaking speed = 150 rpm, and time = 120 min for an phenol reduction rate of 94.4 % which it was extremely near to the experimentally value (96.6 %). The CCD modelling that was performed in the RSM verified the findings that were predicted. On the basis of laboratory results, the prediction proved accurate.
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The research conducted here will hopefully lead to the creation of a practical, inexpensive method for purging aqueous solutions of contaminating phenolic chemicals. A biosorbent system comprised of eggshells and iron was studied for its potential to effectively detoxify phenol. Both the eggshell and the iron systems were used in the preparation of the adsorbents in order to achieve the desired result of having the properties of both systems. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used for characterisation. Batch tests were conducted to evaluate the adsorption capacity of eggshells and iron under the influence of different operating parameters (shaking speed, pH, initial phenol content, and contact time). In the design-expert modelling, the optimisation conditions were found to be a pollutant concentration = 30.0 mg . L–1, pH of 3.00, adsorbent dose = 0.11 mg . L–1, shaking speed = 150 rpm, and time = 120 min for an phenol reduction rate of 94.4 % which it was extremely near to the experimentally value (96.6 %). The CCD modelling that was performed in the RSM verified the findings that were predicted. On the basis of laboratory results, the prediction proved accurate.

Sustainable Production of an Iron-Eggshell Nanocomposite and Investigating its Catalytic Potential for Phenol Removal

College of Engineering, University of Baghdad

Department of Mining Engineering, College of Petroleum and Mining Engineering

Department of Environmental Technologies, College of Environmental Science and Technologies

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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The research conducted here will hopefully lead to the creation of a practical, inexpensive method for purging aqueous solutions of contaminating phenolic...

Sustainable Production of an Iron-Eggshell Nanocomposite and Investigating its Catalytic Potential for Phenol Removal

Published Online: Oct 05, 2023

Page range: 387 - 403

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2023-0040

Keywords
adsorption, phenol wastewater, iron-eggshell nanocomposite, catalyst characteristics, RSM

© 2023 Noor A. Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Sustainable Production of an Iron-Eggshell Nanocomposite and Investigating its Catalytic Potential for Phenol Removal

Published Online: Oct 05, 2023

Page range: 387 - 403

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2023-0040

Keywordsadsorption, phenol wastewater, iron-eggshell nanocomposite, catalyst characteristics, RSM

© 2023 Noor A. Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
adsorption, phenol wastewater, iron-eggshell nanocomposite, catalyst characteristics, RSM