Nor Fauziah Zainudin
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Nor Fauziah Zainudin
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Nor Fauziah, Zainudin
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Zainudin, Nor Fauziah
Zainudin, N. F.
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57194289131
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GLF-7126-2022

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Plastics in Water Treatment

2022-01-01 , Nor Fauziah Zainudin , Sam Sung Ting , Wong Yee Shian , Ismail H.

Water is essential for many people around the world and needs to be conserved. Recently water shortages are becoming severe and urgent issues to be addressed due to the global population growth coupled with rapid economic developments. Water is considered contaminated when the presence of elevated concentrations of substances in water exceeds the prescribed limits. More efficient water treatments need to be developed to address the worsening clean water shortage. Water treatment facilities made from plastic materials proven to offer more advantages compared to alternative materials. Their unique properties such as lightweight, strength, chemical and corrosion resistance, weather and fire resistance, easy and long-lasting installations contribute to the excellent applications of the water treatment system. Plastic provides many solutions for ensuring the sustainability of water. The choice of plastic types of materials depends on their specific applications. In this article, we introduce different types of plastic and its advantages. The plastic applications in water treatments were also discussed in different fields of human activities such as in water and sewage treatments, irrigation and agriculture, potable water production, aquaculture and ultra-pure water production.

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Degradation of Diazo Congo Red Dye by Using Synthesized Poly-Ferric-Silicate-Sulphate through Co-Polymerization Process

2023-01-01 , Nor Fauziah Zainudin , Sam Sung Ting , Wong Yee Shian , Ismail H. , Walli S. , Inoue K. , Kawamura G. , Tan W.K.

The ability of poly-ferric-silicate-sulphate (PFSS) synthesized via a co-polymerization process has been applied for the removal of diazo Congo red dye. A novel degradation pathway of diazo Congo red dye by using PFSS is proposed based on LC–MS analysis. Diazo Congo red dye was successfully removed using synthesized PFSS at lower coagulant dosages and a wider pH range, i.e., 9 mg/L from pH 5 to 7, 11 mg/L at pH 9, and 50 mg/L at pH 11. The azo bond cleavage was verified by the UV–Vis spectra of diazo Congo red-loaded PFSS and FTIR spectra which showed disappearance of the peak at 1584 cm−1 for –N=N– stretching vibrations. The synchronized results of UV–Vis spectra, FTIR, and the LC–MS analysis in this study confirmed the significance of the Si and Fe bond in PFSS towards the degradation of diazo Congo red dye. The successfully synthesized PFSS coagulant was characterized by FTIR, SEM, TEM, and HRTEM analysis. From this analysis, it was proven that PFSS is a polycrystalline material which is favorable for the coagulation–flocculation process. Based on all these findings, it was established that synthesized PFSS can be employed as a highly efficient polymeric coagulant for the removal of dye from wastewater.

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Kinetic and Isotherm Studies of Malachite Green Adsorption From Aqueous Solution by Calcined Eggshell Treated Orange Peel

2023-06-09 , Chun H.K. , Sharifah Zati Hanani Syed Zuber , Nor Fauziah Zainudin , Noor Amirah Abdul Halim , Rozaini Abdullah , Mohd Qalani Che Kasim

In this work, the ability of eggshell treated orange peel as a low-cost adsorbent to remove malachite green (MG) dye from an aqueous solution was investigated. The eggshell treated orange peel was characterized by using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis. From the FTIR analysis, the functional group that might be involved in the adsorption process was found to be carboxylic acid and alcohol. The effect of contact time, initial dye concentration and adsorbent dosage were also investigated by using batch adsorption mode. The results showed that the percentage of dye removal increased with the increase of contact time and the process attained equilibrium within 140 minutes with the highest percentage of MG dye removal was 98%. The percentage of dye removal was also found to increase with the increase of initial dye concentration and adsorbent dosage. The experimental result showed that 0.1 g eggshell treated orange peel was able to remove 98% of MG dye while about 99% of MG dye was removed for 250 mg/L of dye concentration. The adsorption isotherm data were well fitted to the Langmuir isotherm model with the qmax of 31.45 mg g-1. Meanwhile, the kinetic data was best presented by the pseudo-second-order model with R2> 0.99.

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