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Synthesis and Characterization of Zeolite-Y from natural clay of Wadi Hagul, Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Physical chemistry

Abstract

Zeolites were synthesized ‎from alternative cheap raw material as ‎clay minerals which used as a common source for Al2O3 and SiO2 for ‎‎synthesis zeolite-Y. Synthetic zeolite-Y has many characteristics, high ‎purity and larger cavities that distinguish it from its counterparts. This study concerned with evaluation of the viability of producing low-silica zeolite through the process of hydrothermal‎‎ calcination (metakaolinization) of raw material (kaolin) from Wadi Hagul, Egypt at 800oC for 6 h. Metakaolinite was synthesized under hydrothermal treatment with ‎‎ 1.0 M NaOH solution without additional any catalysts as silica source at 90oC/2d under atmospheric pressure. Zeolite Na-Y of molar ratio of 2.23 was ‎‎achieved. The Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) test showed an impressive value of 401.09 meq/ 100 g clay for prepared zeolite-Y. The raw kaolin, metakaolin and zeolite were characterized by XRF, XRD and SEM. The results confirmed that Zeolite was successfully produced from the raw material extracted from Wadi Hagul with an ideal percentage which approximately equal to 100% of the raw material used. ‏The synthetic ‎zeolite-y can be applied for remediation of ‎wastewater ‎and polluted soil. ‎

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2020.23195.2378

Keywords

Clay minerals, Kaolinite, Hydrothermal reactions, Calcination, Zeolization, Zeolites, Remediation

Authors

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Bahgaat

MiddleName

Kamel

Affiliation

Desert Research Center

Email

akbahgaat@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-3697-3109

First Name

Helmy

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

El-Sayed

Affiliation

National institute of laser enhanced sciences (NILS)

Email

helmyhassan@hotmail.com

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Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Melegy

MiddleName

AbdelAziz

Affiliation

Geological Sciences, inorganic division and mineral resources, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Email

amelegy@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-5207-3821

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdel Karim

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Emeritus of soil chemistry- Desert Research Center (DRC).Cairo- Egypt.

Email

dr.a.m.m.a.1954@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Manar

Last Name

mohamed

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Lecture of biotechnology- National institute of laser enhanced sciences (NILS)

Email

manarhassan@niles.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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-

Volume

63

Article Issue

10

Related Issue

17778

Issue Date

2020-10-01

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2020-01-29

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2020-10-01

Page Start

3,791

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3,800

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_76509.html

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Synthesis and Characterization of Zeolite-Y from natural clay of Wadi Hagul, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023