Sewage Sludge ZnCl2-Activated Carbon Intercalated MgFe-LDH Nanocomposites: Insight of the Sorption Mechanism of Improved Removal of Phenol from Water

Nuhu Dalhat Mu'azu; Mukarram Zubair; Nabeel Jarrah; Omar Alagha; Mamdouh A Al-Harthi; Mohammed H Essa

doi:10.3390/ijms21051563

Sewage Sludge ZnCl₂-Activated Carbon Intercalated MgFe-LDH Nanocomposites: Insight of the Sorption Mechanism of Improved Removal of Phenol from Water

Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Feb 25;21(5):1563. doi: 10.3390/ijms21051563.

Authors

Nuhu Dalhat Mu'azu¹, Mukarram Zubair¹, Nabeel Jarrah², Omar Alagha¹, Mamdouh A Al-Harthi^{3

4}, Mohammed H Essa⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O Box 1982, Dammam 31451, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Chemical Engineering, Mutah University, Karak 61710, Jordan.
³ Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Center of Research Excellences in Nanotechnology, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Civil Environmental Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Keywords: sludge-activated carbon; MgFe layered double hydroxide; nanocomposite materials; phenol aqueous uptake; mechanistic studies; reusability performance.

MeSH terms

Adsorption
Carbon / chemistry
Chlorides / chemistry
Ferric Compounds / chemistry
Hydroxides / chemistry
Magnesium Compounds / chemistry
Nanocomposites / chemistry*
Phenol / chemistry*
Sewage / chemistry*
Water Purification / methods*
Zinc Compounds / chemistry

Substances

Chlorides
Ferric Compounds
Hydroxides
Magnesium Compounds
Sewage
Zinc Compounds
magnesium ferrite
Phenol
Carbon
zinc chloride

Grants and funding

Project No. 12-Env2229-46/King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology