Heated laterite as a low-cost adsorbent for arsenic removal from aqueous solution

• Main Authors: Saadon, Syaiful Akhmal, Muhd. Yunus, Salmiati, Yusoff, Abdull Rahim, Yusop, Zulkifli, Azman, Shamila, Uy, Davin, Syafiuddin, Achmad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2018
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85490/1/SalmiatiMuhdYunus2018_HeatedLateriteasaLow-CostAdsorbent.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85490/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v14n1.718
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Existing works reported that the laterite prepared using chemical treatment improved its removal performance compared to the raw laterite. However, this treatment has several drawbacks such as costly and potentially produces pollutant. To overcome this issue, the present work proposed heated laterit...