malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 21 No 3 (2017): 571 - 584

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17576/mjas-2017-2103-07

 

 

 

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE FROM BULK SEASHELLS AND ITS POTENTIAL USAGE AS LEAD IONS ADSORBENT

 

(Sintesis dan Pencirian Hidroksiapatit dari Kulit Kerang dan Potensi Sebagai Penjerap Ion Plumbum)

 

Marinah Mohd Ariffin¹*, Norhafiza Ilyana Yatim¹, Sofiah Hamzah²

 

¹School of Marine and Environmental Sciences

²School of Ocean Engineering

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

 

*Corresponding author: erin@umt.edu.my

 

 

Received: 16 August 2016; Accepted: 27 March 2017

 

 

Abstract

In the present work, hydroxyapatite (HAP) powder was successfully synthesized via the thermal decomposition and subsequent wet precipitation (with different experimental reaction times of 3, 5, 24, 48, and 72 hours of bulk seashells. We found that the reaction time during wet precipitation stage affected the physical and chemical properties of HAPs adsorbents. HAP synthesized with a reaction time of 48 hours showed the highest removal of Pb²⁺ ions (99.1%) and is highly potential to be used as bio adsorbent material in heavy metal wastewater treatment.

 

Keywords:  hydroxyapatite, seashell, wet precipitation, lead

 

Abstrak

Di dalam kajian ini, serbuk hidroksiapatit (HAP) telah berjaya disintesis dari kulit kerang melalui proses penguraian termal dan diikuti oleh teknik pemendakan basah (dengan masa tindakbalas kajian 3, 5, 24 dan 72 jam). Kajian mendapati masa tindakbalas mempengaruhi ciri-ciri fizikal dan kimia penjerap HAP. HAP yang disintesis dengan masa tindakbalas selama 48 jam menunjukkan peratusan penyingkiran ion Pb²⁺ tertinggi (99.1%) dan berpotensi untuk digunakan sebagai bahan penjerap-bio bagi pemulihan logam berat di dalam air sisa.

 

Kata kunci:  hidroksiapatit, kulit kerang, pemendakan basah, plumbum

 

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