The College of Education for Pure Sciences at the University of Basra discussed a doctoral thesis on a thermodynamic and kinetic study for the adsorption of some organic pollutants and elements from their aqueous solutions.
The thesis submitted by the doctoral student (Rahim Karam Zaboun Al-Saadi) included the preparation and preparation of effective, low-cost and environmentally friendly sorbent surfaces, which are activated carbon (TAC), graphene oxide (GO), double-layered hydroxide (Mg - Fe - LDH), and a mixture of nickel and oxide, Ni-Ni oxide, to study their efficiency in water treatment. Its properties were characterized by (SEM, TEM, BET and (XRD) techniques, and the adsorption of organic pollutants was studied, phenol, p-nitrophenol, p-cresol, malathion, Congo red dye, radamine B, and inorganic, elements lead and cadmium.
The thesis was concluded. The process of producing these adsorbent surfaces and their applications is characterized by ease and low cost, and is relatively consistent with the principles of green chemistry.
The thesis recommended conducting studies to test the possibility of adsorption of other pollutants on the used surfaces and experiments to adsorb a mixture of the same pollutants or from other pollutants to know the extent of the selectivity of these surfaces. Experiment with the ability of these surfaces to absorb drugs from their solutions, and study the possibility of removing toxins from the human body using some of these surfaces.