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Elaboration and Characterization of Porous Materials from Moroccan Natural Resources: Application to Industrial Wastewater Treatment

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Within the Moroccan natural resources valorization scheme, new porous materials have been prepared from clay minerals and oil shale. The activation process of the oil shale that we have developed in this study give effective adsorbent materials. In view of their physicochemical characterization and application in the treatment of water loaded with metal (Cr6+ ion) or organic (methylene blue) pollutant, we conclude that the chemical activation process at low temperature (250 °C) of the oil shale gives the best material with a high porous structure, which give it a high retention of methylene blue and Cr6+ ion. In addition, the ceramic membrane prepared in this study by mixing raw clay and oil shale could be a perfect candidate for prepurification of strongly alkaline industrial waste liquids, as for pretreatment of seawater desalination because of its low cost, easy fabrication, and high turbidity removal efficiency.

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  1. Laboratory of Materials, Processes, Environment and Quality, National Schools of Applied Sciences of Safi, University of Cadi Ayyad, Safi, Morocco

    A. Abourriche, M. Mouiya, A. Benhammou, Y. Abouliatim & L. Nibou

  2. Laboratory of Thermostructural Materials, Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sik, University of Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco

    A. Abourriche, M. Oumam, M. Mouiya, S. Mansouri & H. Hannache

  3. Institute of Research on Ceramics (IRCER), UMR CNRS 7315, Limoges Cedex, France

    Y. El Hafiane & A. Smith

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Abourriche, A. et al. (2020). Elaboration and Characterization of Porous Materials from Moroccan Natural Resources: Application to Industrial Wastewater Treatment. In: Shah, M., Banerjee, A. (eds) Combined Application of Physico-Chemical & Microbiological Processes for Industrial Effluent Treatment Plant. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0497-6_9

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