King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Fatima Essa Al Rasheed

Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali

Mohamed Gouda

Mohammed Abbas Alsaeed

Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed

Hany Mohamed Abd El-lateef Ahmed

A carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel loaded with TiOnanoparticles for wastewater treatment is provided. The TiONPs@CMC hydrogel is made by a method including providing raw date fiber, bleaching the raw date fiber, delignifying the bleached raw date fiber, and then performing alkalization and etherification on the bleached raw date fiber to produce date derived CMC; followed by dissolving the CMC in calcium chloride to form a paste-like solution, adding TiONPs to the paste-like solution, and freeze-drying the paste-like solution to obtain the TiONPs@CMC hydrogel. The TiONPs@CMC hydrogel is effective for degrading pathogens contaminating wastewater and preventing biofilm formation in wastewater systems.

Carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel loaded with titanium oxide nanoparticles for wastewater treatment

A method of making a ferric oxide (FeO) nanoparticle (NP) composition including providingcv.(RP) extract; adding the RP extract to a solution of FeClto obtain RP-FeCl; and activating phytochemical compounds in the RP extract to obtain a phyto-synthesized RP-FeONP composition.

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Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

Fatima Essa Al Rasheed