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ArticleScientific reports2020

The role of kaolin and kaolin/ZnO nanoadsorbents in adsorption studies for tannery wastewater treatment.

S Mustapha, J O Tijani, M M Ndamitso, S A Abdulkareem, D T Shuaib, A K Mohammed, A Sumaila

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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S MustaphaDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, Bosso Campus, PMB 65, Minna, Nigeria. saheedmustapha09@gmail.com.
J O TijaniDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, Bosso Campus, PMB 65, Minna, Nigeria.
M M NdamitsoDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, Bosso Campus, PMB 65, Minna, Nigeria.
S A AbdulkareemDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, GidanKwano Campus, PMB 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
D T ShuaibDepartment of Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA.
A K MohammedDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC, 27707, USA.
A SumailaDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, Bosso Campus, PMB 65, Minna, Nigeria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present study, comparative studies of kaolin and kaolin/ZnO nanocomposites for the adsorption of Cr(VI), Fe(III), COD, BOD, and chloride from tannery wastewater were investigated. ZnO nanoparticles and kaolin/ZnO nanocomposites were prepared by sol-gel followed by wet-impregnation methods. The prepared adsorbents were characterized using different analytical tools such as X-ray diffraction, Fourier transforms infrared, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, selective area electron diffraction and Brunauer Emmett-Teller (BET) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The HRSEM/EDS/XPS analysis confirmed successful immobilization of clay structural network on the lattice layers of zincite hexagonal structure of ZnO nanoparticles. BET measurement showed an increase in the surface area of kaolin/ZnO nanocomposites (31.8 m

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