Converting waste into a resource: ethylenediamine modification of iron blast furnace slag to fabricate a cost-effective adsorbent for effective Pb(ii) removal.

Wesam Abd El-Fattah, Ahlem Guesmi, Rana Yahya, Ahmed M Alharbi, Naoufel Ben Hamadi, Ahmed M Eldesoky, Reda F M Elshaarawy

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Adsorption of PbEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2026
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Wesam Abd El-FattahChemistry Department, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) P. O. Box 5701 Riyadh 11432 Saudi Arabia amalkasme@imamu.edu.sa.

Ahlem GuesmiChemistry Department, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) P. O. Box 5701 Riyadh 11432 Saudi Arabia amalkasme@imamu.edu.sa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7552-4146

Rana YahyaUniversity of Jeddah, College of Science, Department of Chemistry Jeddah Saudi Arabia.

Ahmed M AlharbiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University Makkah Saudi Arabia.

Naoufel Ben HamadiChemistry Department, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) P. O. Box 5701 Riyadh 11432 Saudi Arabia amalkasme@imamu.edu.sa.

Ahmed M EldesokyDepartment of Chemistry, University College in Al-Qunfudhah, Umm Al-Qura University Al-Qunfudhah 21912 Saudi Arabia.

Reda F M ElshaarawyDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Suez University 43533 Suez Egypt reda.elshaarawy@suezuniv.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2100-8928

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Abstract

The current study represents a new and cost-effective approach to fabricate a potential scavenger for adsorptive removal of Pb(ii) from wastewater. Blast furnace slag, a byproduct of the iron manufacturing process, was employed as a key starting material for fabricating an ethylenediamine-functionalized adsorbent (NN@Slag). The spectral, microscopic and N

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PMID41853212

DOI10.1039/d6ra00707d

PMCPMC12994728

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