Nanoparticles Assisted Remediation for Molasses Based Distillery Waste Contaminated Groundwater

Authors

  • Ashutosh Agarwal1*, Himanshu Joshi1 and Anil Kumar2

Abstract

Abstract

Remediation of contaminated groundwater of any molasses based distillery using nanomaterials may prove to be one of the effective treatment methods. For this purpose magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles were synthesized by the reduction of anhydrous ferric chloride (FeCl3) in natural environment. These nanoparticles were characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. Due to their infinitesimally small size, the particles were employed for the remediation of contaminated groundwater sample of a distillery. Remarkable decline in the values of color, TOC and TDS were observed in four days upon treatment of 100 mL sample with 0.22 g of freshly synthesized magnetite nanoparticles.

Keywords: Groundwater, Distillery, Magnetite, Nanoparticles, Remediation

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Published

06-12-2010

How to Cite

Himanshu Joshi1 and Anil Kumar2, A. A. (2010). Nanoparticles Assisted Remediation for Molasses Based Distillery Waste Contaminated Groundwater. Recent Research in Science and Technology, 3(1). Retrieved from https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/rrst/article/view/568

Issue

Volume 3, Issue 1, 2011

Section

Environmental Sciences