Removal of fluoride from groundwater using a zeolite A supported magnetite biochar composite.

ABSTRACT: Prolonged consumption of excess fluoride concentration (> 1.5 mg/L) from groundwater notably poses serious health effects, including dental and skeletal fluorosis in the Rift Valley area of Ethiopia. In this study, a zeolite A supported magnetite biochar composite (Z-A/M-BC) was synthesized through a pyrolysis method for the removal of fluoride from groundwater. The as-synthesized adsorbent was characterized using FT-IR, PXRD, SEM-EDX, PZC, and BET analysis to identify the functional group, phase structure, surface morphology, elemental composition, surface charge distribution, and surface area, respectively. The pH_ZPC determination for Z-A/M-BC is found to be 6.75, suggesting a large portion of the adsorbent with pH less than this value becomes protonated and positively charged

SUBMITTER: Derbe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12824342 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature