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Preparation of Household Water Filter

 2020

 Volume 23, Issue 1

Wafaa A. Hussain, Enas Muhi Hadi, Mukhlis M. Ismail and Luay H. Alwan

Department of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

Received: May 13, 2019
Accepted: October 24, 2019
Publication Date: May 10, 2026

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SEM images of 3A sample before carbonization a (magnification x150), b (magnification x800).

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There is an urgent need to identify cheaper and efficient methods of removing contaminants as the demand for clean water rises. In this study, the household water filters were prepared from low-cost materials based on kaolin powder and combustible materials as palm fronds powder which acts as pore creating agent. The filter samples with different content (0, 10, 20, 30) wt% of palm fronds powder were fabricated using a dry pressing method and fired at 1250 °C. Thereafter, the porous ceramic filter samples were carbonized at 950 °C for 6 hrs. The ceramic filters were characterized by X-ray diffraction and SEM. Physical properties (linear shrinkage (L.Sh.), apparent porosity (A.P.), water absorption (W. A.), apparent solid density (A.S.D.), permeability and diametrical compression strength) before and after carbonization was also studied. The total dissolved solids (TDS), turbidity (Tur.), pH, conductivity (Ec), free Cl, and salt percentage (sal %) of water from both household water filters with and without activated carbon was also examined before and after filtration. The presence of heavy metals from the water was analyzed before and after filtration.

Keywords: Porous Ceramic Household Water Filter, Kaolin Powder, Carbonization

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