Study on Ferum (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) removal by using rice bran at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi, Johor

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Main Authors: Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr., Alida, Abdullah, Lee, Kah Wai
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spelling my.unimap-323852014-04-08T08:32:38Z Study on Ferum (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) removal by using rice bran at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi, Johor Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr. Alida, Abdullah Lee, Kah Wai aeslina@uthm.edu.my alida@unimap.edu.my Adsoption Agricultural waste Heavy metals Water pollution Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.aensiweb.com/ Water pollution due to heavy metals is currently occurring at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi. Adsorption method is one of the most low cost effective methods to overcome this pollution problem compared to the other available methods for example, duckweed, orange peels, tea leaves, coconut shell and many more in heavy metals removal. In this study, rice bran was used as a low cost adsorbent. Rice bran is the outer layer of a grain of rice. Rice bran is an agricultural waste material generated in rice producing during milling process. It is an economical product and could easily to be obtained. Therefore, three objectives were selected for this study which is to determine the possibility of using rice bran as an adsorbent in heavy metals removal, to determine the characteristics of rice bran as an adsorbent and to identify the water quality of Sungai Pelepah after the treatment. The water samples were collected at Sungai Pelepah and the rice bran was collected at rice-milling factory. Three batch reactors consist of Reactor A (water sample with common activated carbon as adsorbent), Reactor B (water sample with rice bran as adsorbent) and Reactor C (control reactor). The batch reactors were conducted in the environmental laboratory, UTHM. As expected that rice bran could remove the heavy metals from the water sample as well as other adsorbents. The largest removal of Zinc (Zn) is 91.1% at 90 minutes and the largest Iron (Fe) removal is 73.0% with duration 90 minutes. As a conclusion, rice bran could be one of the low cost and effective adsorbent to be used in large amount operation of water treatment. 2014-03-06T03:31:40Z 2014-03-06T03:31:40Z 2013-10 Article Advances in Environmental Biology, vol. 7(SPEC. ISSUE 12), 2013, pages 3580-3586 1995-0756 http://www.aensiweb.com/aeb_October-special_2013.html http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/32385 en AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.
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Agricultural waste
Heavy metals
Water pollution
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Agricultural waste
Heavy metals
Water pollution
Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr.
Alida, Abdullah
Lee, Kah Wai
Study on Ferum (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) removal by using rice bran at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi, Johor
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Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr.
Alida, Abdullah
Lee, Kah Wai
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author Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr.
Alida, Abdullah
Lee, Kah Wai
author_sort Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr.
title Study on Ferum (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) removal by using rice bran at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_short Study on Ferum (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) removal by using rice bran at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_full Study on Ferum (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) removal by using rice bran at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_fullStr Study on Ferum (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) removal by using rice bran at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_full_unstemmed Study on Ferum (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) removal by using rice bran at Sungai Pelepah, Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_sort study on ferum (fe) and zinc (zn) removal by using rice bran at sungai pelepah, kota tinggi, johor
publisher AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.
publishDate 2014
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/32385
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