Open AccessSayong Ball Clay Membrane for Copper and Nickel Removal from Effluent
Author(s) -
Nurhanna Mohd. Zaidan,
Norhayati Ahmad,
Y. Nakamura,
Muazu Abubakar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of advanced research in fluid mechanics and thermal sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2289-7879
DOI - 10.37934/arfmts.79.2.131138
Subject(s) - kaolinite , porosimetry , membrane , materials science , adsorption , copper , ceramic , mercury (programming language) , nickel , chemical engineering , gibbsite , ceramic membrane , porosity , metallurgy , chemistry , composite material , porous medium , organic chemistry , biochemistry , computer science , engineering , programming language
An adsorption filtration mechanism using porous ceramic membranes was proposed for the removal of heavy metals from the effluent of the UTM Lake. The effectiveness of the removal depends on kaolinite microparticle which is used as an adsorption agent in ceramic membranes. In this work, Sayong ball clay (SBC) from Malaysia was used in the preparation of the ceramic membrane. Sayong ball clay membranes were fabricated by gel casting (GC) and spark plasma sintering (SPS) methods. The effect of kaolinite and pore size on copper and nickel removal was investigated. X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), mercury porosimetry, and adsorption analysis were used to relate with the adsorption performance. It is found that kaolinite with the 14:1 ratio of monomers in the GC-SBC membrane performed the highest heavy metal removal.