Material Properties, Characterization, and Application of Microcellular Injection-Molded Polypropylene Reinforced with Oyster Shells for Pb(II) Adsorption Kinetics from Aqueous Solutions
Minyuan Chien, Naveen Bunekar, Cabangani Donga, Pontsho Mbule, Tlou Nathaniel Moja, Shyhshin Hwang · 2025
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Minyuan Chien, Naveen Bunekar, Cabangani Donga, Pontsho Mbule, Tlou Nathaniel Moja, and Shyhshin Hwang wrote this 2025 study on a plastic blend that pulls lead out of water. The blend mixes polypropylene with oyster shell powder and is foamed during molding to give it a fine cell structure. Toxic lead in groundwater is the target.
Four lab methods checked the blend's crystal form, surface shape, chemical groups, and heat strength. The team then varied contact time, acidity, and starting lead levels to find the best working point. The uptake pattern fit two standard models of surface binding. The speed of uptake fit a first-order model best. Top capacity reached 13.89 milligrams of lead per gram of blend. The authors offer the shells, a waste product, as a cheap filler for cleanup materials.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Minyuan Chien, Naveen Bunekar, Cabangani Donga, Pontsho Mbule, Tlou Nathaniel Moja, Shyhshin Hwang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |