A review of fluoride in African groundwater and local remediation methods

KMK Kut, A Sarswat, A Srivastava, CU Pittman Jr… - Groundwater for …, 2016 - Elsevier
Groundwater is the major source of drinking water supply in the bulk of African urban and
rural communities. However, groundwater in some parts of the African countries contains …

[HTML][HTML] Electrochemical remediation of arsenic and fluoride from water: A review of the current state and future prospects

SMDU Islam - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2023 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) and fluoride (F) contamination exhibits a significant public health threat, which
is usually introduced into water from several natural and anthropogenic sources. Millions of …

Facile method to synthesize efficient adsorbent from alumina by nitric acid activation: batch scale defluoridation, kinetics, isotherm studies and implementation on …

U Kumari, SK Behera, H Siddiqi, BC Meikap - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The excess amount of fluoride contamination in the groundwater or industrial effluents
fosters various health problems. Considering the advantages of adsorption, the current …

Advanced oxidation phenomena in electrocoagulation process: a myth or a reality?

D Ghernaout - Desalination and Water Treatment, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This review discusses the advanced oxidation process (AOP) phenomena in
electrocoagulation (EC) process. AOPs have been broadly defined as near ambient …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetics, thermodynamics, isotherm modeling for removal of reactive Red 35 and disperse yellow 56 dyes using batch bi-polar aluminum electrocoagulation

AA Moneer, NM El-Mallah, MM El-Sadaawy… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aluminum Electrocoagulation technique was employed for the efficiency of the removal of
two anionic dyes; Reactive Red 35 and Disperse Yellow 56 in a batch bi-polar system …

Cerium dioxide and composites for the removal of toxic metal ions

S Olivera, K Chaitra, K Venkatesh… - Environmental chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
The presence of contaminants in potable water is a cause of worldwide concern. In
particular, the presence of metals such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium can …

Insights into the mechanism of fluoride adsorption over different crystal phase alumina surfaces

C Guan, Z Xu, H Zhu, X Lv, Q Liu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Activated alumina is the most common adsorbent for purifying fluoride in water, however,
little is known so far about the adsorption mechanisms and comparison of adsorption …

The adsorption enhancement of graphene for fluorine and chlorine from water

C Guan, X Lv, Z Han, C Chen, Z Xu, Q Liu - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
A high concentration of F (Cl) element in drinking water threatens people's health. Hence, in
this work, we systematically investigated the F and Cl atoms adsorption on pristine graphene …

Comparison and understanding of fluoride removal mechanism in Ca2+, Mg2+ and Al3+ ion assisted electrocoagulation process using Fe and Al electrodes

K Govindan, M Raja, SU Maheshwari, M Noel… - Journal of Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study is to scrutinize the effect of Ca 2+, Mg 2+ and Al 3+ ion on fluoride
removal by electrocoagulation (EC) using Fe and Al electrode. The effect of charge loading …

A novel Fe-La-Ce tri-metallic composite for the removal of fluoride ions from aqueous media

SKT Thathsara, P Cooray, TK Mudiyanselage… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fluoride is a ubiquitous anion present in natural waters. Higher amounts of fluorides in
drinking water sources have been reported in many Asian and African countries, including …