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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Comparative Adsorptive Removal of Phosphate and Nitrate from Wastewater Using Biochar-MgAl LDH Nanocomposites: Coexisting Anions Effect and Mechanistic Studies.

Omar Alagha, Mohammad Saood Manzar, Mukarram Zubair, Ismail Anil, Nuhu Dalhat Mu'azu, Aleem Qureshi

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Omar AlaghaEnvironmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering A13, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2793-575X
Mohammad Saood ManzarEnvironmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering A13, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.
Mukarram ZubairEnvironmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering A13, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1786-3393
Ismail AnilEnvironmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering A13, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1184-5140
Nuhu Dalhat Mu'azuEnvironmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering A13, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1402-544X
Aleem QureshiEnvironmental Engineering Department, College of Engineering A13, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SA

Funding

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology 10-WAT1336-46
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, date-palm biochar MgAl-augmented double-layered hydroxide (biochar-MgAl-LDH) nanocomposite was synthesized, characterized, and used for enhancing the removal of phosphate and nitrate pollutants from wastewater. The biochar-MgAl-LDH had higher selectivity and adsorption affinity towards phosphate compared to nitrate. The adsorption kinetics of both anions were better explained by the pseudo-first-order model with a faster removal rate to attain equilibrium in a shorter time, especially at lower initial phosphate-nitrate concentration. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacities of phosphate and nitrate by the non-linear Langmuir model were 177.97 mg/g and 28.06 mg/g, respectively. The coexistence of anions (Cl

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date palm derived biocharMgAl layered double hydroxidesphosphate and nitrate removalremoval mechanismwastewater

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PMID32079126
PMCPMC7075123
OpenAlexW3006519977

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