Abstract
Eleven different organic materials were tested for their ability to remove chloride ions from an artificial seawater solution. The sweet sagewort (Artemesia annua) was found to have the highest absorption capacity and was further tested in order to determine the optimum conditions for chloride removal. Sweet sagewort is from the same Asteraceae family as the Parthenium sp. which has been shown to remove high percentages of chloride ions from artificial seawater, possibly due to its abundance of amine binding sites. An FT-IR test (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) showed that amine groups were also present in the sweet sagewort. The sweet sagewort was able to remove 27.1% of the chloride ions at a ratio of sagewort to artificial seawater of 7 g per liter. Although Korean melon was unsuccessful at removing chloride ions, it removed copper (II) ions from water. The Korean melon was able to achieve 95% removal at a ratio of 2.5 g/L (melon/water) at pH of 7.
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