All chemicals used in this study were analytical grades (AR) without purification. Sodium aluminate (NaAlO
2) (Sigma-Aldrich, Germany) and
sodium hydroxide (NaOH) (RCI Labscan, Thailand) were used for the synthesis of
zeolite A sugarcane bagasse fly ash powder. To confirm the occurrence of
zeolite A, commercial
zeolite A (Sigma-Aldrich, Germany) was used as a representative
zeolite A standard (STD). Ferric chloride hexahydrate (FeCl
3·6H
2O) (RCI Labscan, Thailand) was used for the synthesis of
zeolite A sugarcane bagasse fly ash mixed or coated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide in powder and bead materials. Sodium alginate (NaC
6H
7O
6) (Merck, Germany) and calcium chloride (CaCl
2) (Kemaus, New Zealand) were used for the bead formations. Lead nitrate (Pb(NO
3)
2) (QRëC, New Zealand) was used for the synthetic wastewater preparation. For pH adjustments, 1%
sodium hydroxide (NaOH) (RCI Labscan, Thailand) and 1% nitric acid (HNO
3) (Merck, Germany) were used.
Praipipat P., Ngamsurach P, & Roopkhan N. (2023). Zeolite A powder and beads from sugarcane bagasse fly ash modified with iron(III) oxide-hydroxide for lead adsorption. Scientific Reports, 13, 1873.