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Record W4416448893 · doi:10.1016/j.sajce.2025.11.015

Adsorptive removal of Carbamazepine from synthetic wastewater using Moringa oleifera seed coat

2025· article· en· W4416448893 on OpenAlexfundno aff
Peace Azeh, M.O. Jimoh, Mabafokeng Masitha, Samuel A. Iwarere, Michael O. Daramola

Bibliographic record

VenueSouth African Journal of Chemical Engineering · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersMastercard FoundationUniversity of Pretoria
KeywordsAdsorptionMoringaResponse surface methodologyWastewaterBiocharBox–Behnken designBiosorption

Abstract

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Biosorption has demonstrated effectiveness in eliminating contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) that lack inclusion in current water quality standards. These pollutants impede progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 14, pertaining to clean water accessibility and marine life preservation. This research investigated the adsorption potential of the persistent pharmaceutical pollutant, carbamazepine, using Moringa oleifera (MO) seed coat. This research investigated the adsorption potential of the persistent pharmaceutical pollutant, carbamazepine, using MO seed coat biochar. Acid hydrolysis and subsequent carbonization produced a biochar with superior properties for adsorption as confirmed by FTIR, SEM, EDX, CHNOS, and XRD analyses. The influence of agitation speed (200 rpm, 300 rpm, and 400 rpm), adsorption duration (0 to 180 min), and adsorption temperature (30 °C, 40 °C, and 50 °C) on CBZ removal in synthetic wastewater were studied. The quadratic regression model obtained from Box Behnken experimental design (BBD) with Response surface methodology (RSM) showed a strong predictive ability with R² = 0.9754 and adjusted-R² = 0.9015. Agitation speed significantly influenced the adsorption capacity as evidenced by a p-value of 0.02848. The optimum conditions for CBZ adsorption were 400 rpm, 30 °C, and 2.15 h at which a maximum adsorption capacity of 51.87 mg/g was anticipated. The adsorption behaviour was best described by pseudo-second order kinetics and the Temkin isotherm model. The study confirmed that MO seed coat biochar as a promising green adsorbent for pharmaceutical contaminant removal in wastewater treatment.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.006

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.007
GPT teacher head0.198
Teacher spread0.191 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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