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Applications of Inorganic Polymers in Textile Wastewater Treatment

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Polymer Technology in Dye-containing Wastewater

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Water contamination is a global problem today. Water pollution comes from a variety of causes, including the textile, photographic pigment industries, and so on. Majority of industries discharge their waste directly or indirectly into the river. Therefore, water becomes polluted and as a result, human and aquatic life is affected directly or indirectly. Hence, it is important to treat waste before discharging it into the river to ensure the survival of aquatic life and drinking water. Scientists all over the world have been working on recovering drinking water from textile wastewater. There are many ways to purify the wastewater which include making use of inorganic polymers (polymeric complex, polymeric nanocomposition), nanoparticles, complexes, catalysts, ion exchange resins, etc. Researchers are very interested in synthesizing inorganic polymer materials and evaluating their applications in textile wastewater treatment. Thus, it will be necessary to carry out a review on the inorganic polymers used in textile wastewater for the development of this field as well as for the new readers. In this chapter, we discuss inorganic polymers, classification of polymers, synthesis of polymers, and application of inorganic polymers in wastewater treatment.

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    G. K. Prashanth

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    G. K. Prashanth, M. S. Dileep, P. A. Prashanth & B. M. Nagabhushana

  3. Department of Physics, Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, 562 157, India

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  4. Department of Chemistry, PES College of Engineering, Mandya, 571 401, India

    P. A. Prashanth

  5. Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Vishwakarma University, Pune, 411048, India

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  6. Department of Chemistry, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, 560054, India

    B. M. Nagabhushana

  7. Department of ECE, Surya Engineering College, Mettukadai, 638 107, India

    S. R. Boselin Prabhu

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Prashanth, G.K., Dileep, M.S., Prashanth, P.A., Gadewar, M., Nagabhushana, B.M., Prabhu, S.R.B. (2022). Applications of Inorganic Polymers in Textile Wastewater Treatment. In: Khadir, A., Muthu, S.S. (eds) Polymer Technology in Dye-containing Wastewater. Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0886-6_10

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