New Approach to Remove Heavy Metals from Wastewater by the Coagulation of Alginate-Rhamnolipid Solution with Aluminum Sulfate
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Experimental Methods
2.3. Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of the Purified Water
3.2. Respective Correlation
3.3. Efficiency of Heavy Metal Removal
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Number | TOC (mg/L) | SO42− (g/L) |
---|---|---|
Sample 1 | 116.3 (±5.3) | 2.244 (±0.190) |
Sample 2 | 32.00 (±2.5) | 1.573 (±0.078) |
Sample 3 | 15.50 (±4.4) | 5.340 (±0.184) |
Sample 4 | 14.17 (±2.0) | 8.976 (±0.734) |
Specification | TOC | SO42− | Al3+ |
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R2 | 0.948 | 0.840 | 0.859 |
p value | 0.004 | 0.094 | 0.089 |
F value | 0.026 | 0.262 | 0.245 |
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Lee, A.; Kim, K. New Approach to Remove Heavy Metals from Wastewater by the Coagulation of Alginate-Rhamnolipid Solution with Aluminum Sulfate. Water 2020, 12, 3406. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123406
Lee A, Kim K. New Approach to Remove Heavy Metals from Wastewater by the Coagulation of Alginate-Rhamnolipid Solution with Aluminum Sulfate. Water. 2020; 12(12):3406. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123406
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Aleum, and Kyoungrean Kim. 2020. "New Approach to Remove Heavy Metals from Wastewater by the Coagulation of Alginate-Rhamnolipid Solution with Aluminum Sulfate" Water 12, no. 12: 3406. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123406