Abstract
Flouride (F) content in groundwater above 1.5 mg/L is a serious concern all over the world due to adverse health effects beyond that concentration. Hence, apart from its monitoring, an effective and low-cost removal technique is necessary. In this work, the removal of fluoride using fly ash has been studied. Batch adsorption studies, using laboratory shaker, were performed to examine the effect of pH in the range 2-10, adsorbent size (0.225 mm, 0.45 mm, and 0.90 mm), and adsorbent dose, varied from 2-6 g/L, for a contact time of 4 hours in all the experiments. The optimum condition for the F” removal was observed as pH:5, adsorbent size:0.225 mm and adsorbent dose: 5 mg/L, providing 67.20 % F“removal from the solution. Different kinetic models were tested and it was found that adsorption kinetics is of Pseudo second order and Elovich type. The study showed that fly ash can be effectively used for fluoride removal from water.
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