High-performance magnetic chicken bone

What is it about?

Waste chicken bones were collected from restaurants and converted to magnetic biochar. The recyclable biochar was applied to eradicate toxic dye pollutant and antibiotics from simulated wastewater. The present study examined the efficacy of the magnetic chicken bone-based biochar under single and competitive sorption systems. Interestingly, the as-prepared magnetic biochar outperformed expensive commercial adsorbents and commonly used materials. Various kinetic and thermodynamic analyses were performed and the cost-benefit analyses confirmed the performance and benefit of the newly prepared magnetic adsorbent.

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Why is it important?

Chicken bones are wastes commonly found in the environment due to growing demand for chicken related menu. To curtail the nemesis of wastes in the environment, the waste chicken bones were converted to a useful and high-performance material. This work is important as it provides the pathway to reutilize solid wastes and to completely treat wastewater generated from pharmaceutical and textile industries.

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