Screening of Metal Oxides and Hydroxides for Arsenic Removal from Water Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Noor E. Hira, Serene Sow Mun Lock, Ushtar Arshad, Khadija Asif, Farman Ullah, Abid Salam Farooqi, Chung Loong Yiin, Bridgid Lai Fui Chin, Zill e Huma · 2023
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Noor Hira and co-authors screened metal oxides and hydroxides in 2023 for pulling arsenic out of water, using computer models in place of lab work. Arsenic in groundwater is a grave health threat, and soaking it up on metal oxides is a cheap fix, but past lab hunts were slow and costly. Their model frame used motion and chance-based simulations to test fifteen candidate materials at set heat and pressure.
Four materials came out on top, led by aluminum hydroxide, with iron and lanthanum hydroxides and tin oxide behind. Hydroxides as a class beat oxides. The model matched past lab values to near one percent. The team flags tin oxide, a rare pick for this job, as worth lab follow-up, and charts how sourness and heat shift the soak.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Noor E. Hira, Serene Sow Mun Lock, Ushtar Arshad, Khadija Asif, Farman Ullah, Abid Salam Farooqi, Chung Loong Yiin, Bridgid Lai Fui Chin, Zill e Huma |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |