Defluoridation in aqueous solution by a composite of reduced graphene oxide decorated with cuprous oxide via sonochemical |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dept. of Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530003, India;2. National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Goa 403804, India |
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Abstract: | The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the fluoride level in drinking water (1.5 mg/L) and defluoridation of water is an essential to remove of fluoride from contaminated water. Hence, the effective and rapid adsorbent Cuprous oxide-reduced graphene oxide (Cu2O-RGO) composite was developed to overwhelm this concern. Sonochemical approach was adopted for the synthesis of desirable composite which was further characterized by XRD, FTIR, SEM, and EDS. The optimized composite (30 mg) shown the significant adsorption capacity of 34 mg/g of F− solution (pH = 9), 70% removal of F− solution from real experiment and Freundlich model was fitted than Langmuir and Temkin isotherms. The experimental results corroborate that adsorbent is the most effective for removal of fluoride from its polluted water. |
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Keywords: | Cuprous oxide Reduced graphene oxide Sonochemical Defluoridation Adsorption |
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