Open AccessDefluorination of groundwater by low-cost adsorbents
Author(s) -
Konathala Prasad,
Pasdar Hussain,
Pankaj Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1025/1/012033
Subject(s) - fluoride , adsorption , groundwater , chemistry , orange (colour) , nuclear chemistry , environmental chemistry , pulp and paper industry , waste management , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , food science , geology , engineering , geotechnical engineering
India is among nation higher in percentage suffer s from fluorosis through consumption of groundwater. Fluoride content in natural water has become a major issue in major parts of the world and should be in 0.6 to 1.5 mg/l. Investigations in the removal of fluoride content have been carried in various techniques. This paper speaks on treating fluoride content and to utilize it as drinking water at low-cost techniques by natural adsorbents for a sustainable environment. In this process adsorption time effects, concentration of fluoride at varied adsorbent dosage with maintained temperature are studied. Adsorbents such as dry ginger powder, spinach, turmeric powder, orange peel powder were used.