Defluoridation of water by activated carbon prepared from banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel and coffee (Coffea arabica) husk
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Banana peels have been proven to work well as a cheap (about 10 times cheaper than activated coal) sorbent for heavy metals (lead, chromium, cadmium, copper, zinc), radioactive materials, fluoride, pesticides, nitrate, carbon, sodium, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, and potassium salts or cations.
“Banana peels have been proven to work well as a cheap (about 10 times cheaper than activated coal) sorbent for heavy metals (lead, chromium, cadmium, copper, zinc) [104-106], radioactive materials [107], fluoride, pesticides [108], nitrate [109], carbon, sodium, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, and potassium salts or cations [110].”
From Potential Valorization of Banana Production Waste in Developing Countries: Bio-Engineering Aspects (2024) · cites this paper as [108]
The citation [108] follows “fluoride, pesticides,” so those are the substances assessed here. The Adsorbent dose and contact time section reports that treated banana peel removed fluoride from water, but our copy does not report pesticide removal. It also studies activated carbon prepared from banana peel, rather than demonstrating the performance of untreated peels. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Getachew, T., Hussen, A., & Rao, V. M.
- Affiliations
- Bule Hora University (ET)
- Dilla University (ET)
- Corresponding author
- Hussen, A.
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
- Published
- 2014-04-09
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1857-1866
- ISSN
- 1735-1472 (ISSN-L)
- 1735-2630
- OpenAlex
- W2007888263
- Cited by
- 133
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.bioline.org.br
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
- Bioline International (Bioline International) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Dilla University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Fluoride Effects and Removal
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Inorganic Chemistry › Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
- Keywords
- fluoride removal, activated carbon, banana peel, coffee husk, biosorbent, agricultural waste adsorbent, groundwater, Langmuir isotherm, pseudo-second-order kinetics, adsorption, Lake Hawassa
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