The potential of removing toxic elements from red sea water by using functionalised natural zeolite and synthetic zeolite

Abstract

In this study five types of natural Zeolites and synthetic zeolites were used .Three types of synthetic zeolites (K-fledspar, clay and trona) were synthezied by using local crude materials by certain ratios, and the natural zeolite which used were collected from different states of Sudan , also the column that was used for treating hard water was prepared for natural zeolite, synthetic zeolite. The sample of red sea water was collected from Segala area at eastern side the of Port Sudan city, This area is the main source of Red sea water to the desalination plant, which supply the city with drinking water , study was investigated to determine the concentration of heavy metals, such as (Cu, pb, Fe, Cd, Zn and Co) . The routine analysis was investigated to determine the other parameters of water.TDS concentration was determined by TDS meter. Concentration of heavy metals was measured by Atomic absorption. The synthetic zeolite and the natural zeolite which that were identified a long with XRD and IR. Also we were concentrated on remove the heavy metals from water during treatment process by synthetic zeolite and natural zeolite . Analysis results of elements in this study were analyzed, and the synthetic and natural zeolite were found to be better and Albite was found to be the best type in this study.