DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF RIVER SAND, BEACH SAND AND GRANITE AS ADSORBENTS IN WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

The essence of adsorbents in water or wastewater treatment cannot be over-estimated. This research paper seeks to investigate the characterisation river sand, beach sand and granite as treatment. River (collected some localities Nigeria) were sieved, washed later sun-dried. These three materials taken laboratory for XRF, SEM EDX analyses. XRF analysis revealed that oxides present selected include Silica (SiO2), Alumina (AI2O3), Ferric Oxide (Fe2O3), Titanium (TiO2), Calcium (CaO), other trace elements like Barium, Copper, Chromium, Nickel, so on. shows possess interconnected pores, while adsorbent contain Silicon, Oxygen, Aluminium, Carbon elements. distinctive features make them excellent