Review of Fluoride Removal from Water by Adsorption using Soil Adsorbents – An Evaluation of the Status

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dc.contributor.authorWambu, E. W
dc.contributor.authorAmbusso, W. O.
dc.contributor.authorOnindo, C.
dc.contributor.authorMuthakia, G. K.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-15T09:42:10Z
dc.date.available2015-07-15T09:42:10Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptiondoi:10.2166/wrd.2015.073en_US
dc.description.abstractThe fate of excessive fluoride in water is cause for serious public health concerns worldwide. Water defluoridation using various technologies therefore continues to attract disproportionate research interest from around the world. Defluoridation studies using soil adsorbents, in particular, has remained the focus of intense research efforts since the last few decades. So as to assess the research status in this area, soil adsorbents commonly reported for water defluoridation over the last few decades were reviewed. This paper presents a compilation of defluoridation capacities and a summary of requisite parameters for water defluoridation using soil adsorbents. Comparison of defluoridation efficiencies of soil adsorbents is also presented, and the fluoride adsorption kinetics and adsorption equilibrium characteristics of adsorbents discussed. The results indicate that the soil adsorbents that have attracted highest research interest in this regard include: hydroxyapatites, montmorillonites, hydrotalcite, zeolites, pumice and kaolinites. On average, however, the minerals that have shown the highest capacities for water defluoridation are: ferrihydrites, hydrotalcite, palygorskites, boehmite/bauxite, and pumice. Fluoride adsorption for most soil adsorbents are fitted by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. Most of the kinetic data, in contrast, were described by the pseudo-second order kinetics model. Water pH and temperature were the dominant solution factors that controlled fluoride adsorption onto soil adsorbents.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 2015en_US
dc.identifier.issn2220-1319
dc.identifier.uriwww.iwaponline.com/jwrd/up/jwrd2015073.htm
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/13178
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIWA publishingen_US
dc.subjectAdsorptionen_US
dc.subjectDefluoridationen_US
dc.subjectDrinking wateren_US
dc.subjectFluorideen_US
dc.subjectLiterature reviewen_US
dc.subjectSoil adsorbentsen_US
dc.titleReview of Fluoride Removal from Water by Adsorption using Soil Adsorbents – An Evaluation of the Statusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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