Table 3 Chemical composition (wt%) of Raw diatomite (RDE) and treated diatomite (PDE).
From: Adsorptive removal of Cr(VI) from water using silver nanoparticle modified-diatomite nanocomposite
SiO2 | Al2O3 | Fe2O3 | CaO | MgO | Na2O | K2O | MnO | P2O5 | TiO2 | H2O | LOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RDE | 75.8 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.16 | 1.32 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 3.95 | 5.2 |
PDE | 85.3 | 7.7 | 2.56 | < 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.82 | < 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.97 | 1.3 |
