Master’s Thesis at University of Samarra Explores the Efficiency of Fig and Olive Leaf Powder in Purifying Well Water
A master’s thesis at the College of Education, University of Samarra, titled “Evaluation of the Efficiency of Fig (Ficus carica L.) and Olive (Olea europaea L.) Leaf Powder Loaded on Nano Iron Oxide in Purifying Well Water” was presented by student Ruqayya Sabbar Daham.
The aim of the thesis was to measure the concentrations of lead, arsenic, mercury, and copper as indicators of well water contamination. It also examined the physical and chemical properties of water polluted with heavy metals and compared the effectiveness of chemically synthesized and green-synthesized nano iron oxide using fig and olive leaves in reducing well water contamination.
The chemical analysis results, which involved synthesizing nano iron oxide using a green method with aqueous extracts of fig (Ficus carica) and olive (Olea europaea) leaves as bioreducing agents for iron nitrate into nano iron oxide particles, showed absorbance values of 300 nm and 273 nm. The absorption peaks were recorded at 280 nm and 450 nm for chemically synthesized nano iron oxide after treatment with fig and olive extracts, respectively.
