Utilization of porcine bones to fabricate hydroxyapatite pellets and their application towards removal of Zn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ ions in aqueous solution

Authors

Johanna Michelle S. Ambait ⋅ PH Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of the Philippines
John Kenneth A. Cruz ⋅ PH Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of the Philippines
Armando S. Somintac ⋅ PH Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

Heavy metal contamination in water poses great risks to both the environment and human health. The use of agricultural waste product in heavy metal removal process adds more economic value to the material. In this study, porcine bones were utilized to recover hydroxyapatite (HAp). The novelty of this research is that HAp was sintered into pellets to solve the extraction of adsorbent after adsorption. The pellets were used to adsorb copper and zinc ions under varying pH levels. Sintered HAp from porcine bones has been proven to be an effective adsorbent with 99.89% removal of copper at pH 11 and 99.96% removal of zinc at pH 9.

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Issue

2013: Proceedings of the 31st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP2013-5A-3

Section

Materials Science

Published

2013-10-23

How to Cite

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JMS Ambait, JKA Cruz, and AS Somintac, Utilization of porcine bones to fabricate hydroxyapatite pellets and their application towards removal of Zn2+ and Cu2+ ions in aqueous solution, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 31, SPP2013-5A-3 (2013). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2013-5A-3.