Thesis
The production of zeolitic materials from sugar cane bagasse ash
Southern Cross University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25918/thesis.172
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Abstract
A porous, crystalline, self-supporting zeolite-X/silica composite for industrial use was synthesised from sugar cane bagasse ash by a simple hydrothermal alkaline digestion. The factors affecting the synthesis efficiency, measured by X-ray powder diffraction, were optimised statistically at the micro-scale using statistical factorial design. X-ray powder diffraction combined with scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis demonstrated the production of a zeolite-X/silica composite with similar yield and near identical characteristics under scaled up synthesis conditions. The zeolite-X/silica composite was shown to adsorb nearly 100% of added metal from copper and zinc solutions over a wide range of pH and metal concentrations.
Details
- Title
- The production of zeolitic materials from sugar cane bagasse ash
- Creators
- Philip S Doumit
- Contributors
- Andrew Rose (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityMalcolm William Clark (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityLachlan H Yee (Supervisor) - Southern Cross University
- Awarding Institution
- Southern Cross University; Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Theses
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University
- Number of pages
- 129
- Identifiers
- 991012970570102368
- Copyright
- © PS Doumit 2017
- Academic Unit
- School of Environment, Science and Engineering
- Resource Type
- Thesis