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In this research an attempt has been made to utilize the Strychnos potatorum seed powder as an environmentally friendly coagulant for theremoval of turbidity from washing machine discharge. The performance of this system was also compared with synthetic water. Experimentalstudies were conducted for the maximum removal of turbidity from washing machine discharge and synthetic turbid water which were varied from50 to 145 NTU. The effect of operating parameters such as initial turbidity, S. potatorum dosage and pH of the solution was optimized for themaximum removal of turbidity. It was seen that the percentage removal of turbidity lay was between 68–89% and 65–84% for synthetic turbid waterand washing machine discharge sample respectively, at an ideal pH of 6–7. The experimental values were compared with the Langmuir andFreundlich isotherm models to understand the extent of influence of the sorption of the particles onto the S. potatorum seed powder. Better resultswith respect to concordance of experimental data were observed with Langmuir isotherm model, indicating a monolayer sorption of particles ontothe S. potatorum seed powder. It was observed from the isotherm study that the sorption may also be influenced in the removal of turbidity to someextent from the washing machine discharge and synthetic water. The prepared material can be effectively utilized for the removal of turbidity fromthe water.
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