Abstract:The objective of this work was to study the production of hydroxyapatite (HA) from bovine teeth. Hydroxyapatite (HA) was produced from bovine teeth powder after calcination at 1150 °C. It was discovered that the sample preparation process influences its properties, so, crystal structure and thermal stability of HA were investigated. The X-Ray diffraction analysis (XRD) results confirmed that HA has been successfully produced. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic (FT-IR) study confirmed the presence of hydroxyl (OH -) and phosphate (PO 4 -3 ) functional groups. The scanning electronic microscope (SEM) was employed to identify the surface morphology of HA, and showed the nanoporous structure throughout the matrix. The sample constituents such as Ca, P, K ... etc., and their values were determined by Energy dispersive X-Ray (EDX).

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In this study, an amidoxime-grafted cotton fabric ion exchanger was developed for methylene blue (MB) removal from wastewater. The ability of the amidoxime-grafted cotton fabrics to remove MB ions from an aqueous solution was investigated in equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics studies. Equilibrium data agreed well with the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models. The result indicated that, based on the Langmuir coefficient, the maximum capacity (monolayer saturation at equilibrium) of the amidoxime-grafted cotton fabric was 22.27 mg/g. The kinetic data were found to follow the pseudo-second-order model, and intra-particle diffusion is the sole rate-controlling factor. Negative values of ΔG 0 , ΔH 0 , and ΔS 0 revealed the spontaneous, exothermic and entropy-driven nature of the process.

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