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ArticleIET nanobiotechnology2020

Facile synthesis and application of cellulosic coagulant from banana peels in cadmium-spiked water.

Opeyemi A Oyewo, Mokgadi F Bopape, Maurice S Onyango

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Article in IET nanobiotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Opeyemi A OyewoDepartment of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. atiba.opeyemi@gmail.com.
Mokgadi F BopapeDepartment of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Maurice S OnyangoDepartment of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Tshwane University of Technology · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellulosic coagulant with low crystallinity and surface charge of -19.2 mV were extracted from wet banana peels (WBE) using kitchen-blending method. Functionalization with ferric chloride and aluminium chloride yielded higher surface charge of -23.8 mV (mWBE). Both WBE and mWBE coagulants were used to target cadmium ions from aqueous solution. Coagulants and the floccules (WBEA and mWBEA) were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, zeta sizer nano series, and SEM/EDs. The amount of cadmium ion coagulated was determined using ICP-OES. The FTIR analysis revealed the functional groups involved in the coordination and subsequent removal of the metals ions around 1634 cm

Indexed as

AdsorptionAluminum ChlorideCadmiumCelluloseChloridesFerric CompoundsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMusaPorositySpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredWaste Disposal, FluidWaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationX-Ray DiffractionAluminum ChlorideCadmiumCelluloseChloridesferric chlorideFerric CompoundsWaterWater Pollutants, Chemical

Identifiers

PMID33010134
PMCPMC8676375
OpenAlexW3035948515

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