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Table 4 Physical characteristics of groundwater in Shaft city

From: Removal of iron and manganese from groundwater sources using nano-biosorbents

Inputs

Outputs

Effective parameters

Initial concentration

% Removal of metal ions

Adsorbent

Temperature (℃)

pH__

Turbidity (NTU)

Color (pt–co)

Fe (mg/l)

Mn (mg/l)

Fe (%)

Mn (%)

TLC

24

7.97

1.1

38

0.57

0.73

88.60

67.26

20

7.81

1.51

20

0.75

1.39

86

75.18

20

7.42

3.50

21

0.73

1.07

86.99

78.13

20

7.22

5.51

20

1.26

0.88

83.97

72.27

20

7.79

1.45

22

0.66

1.49

85

78.05

RSC

20

7.43

3.23

15

0.74

0.70

91.76

81.71

20

7.50

5.68

28

0.99

1.02

94.54

90.69

20

7.69

5.19

19

0.9

1.64

95.11

92.01

20

7.42

3.49

14

1.38

0.97

97.90

87.01

20

7.24

8.49

32

0.96

0.97

98.02

85.05

  1. The results showed that the proposed methods and adsorbents could be used with good efficiency for removal of undesirable elements from groundwater sources