Using nanomembrane to heavy metal removal from wastewater: A mini-review

Zahra Pour Amini

Zahra Pour Amini M.Sc. of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University. Tehran, Iran

Keywords: Heavy metal, Wastewater tratment, Nanomembrane

Abstract

Clean water is one of the essential factors in all creature's life and human beings. The contamination of various pollutants, especially heavy metals, in water bodies causes environmental pollution and excessive death of living organisms due to industrial development. Many methods have been done to overcome this issue and produce clean water. It should be noted that none of them was as successful as nanomaterials. In this review, nanomembrane as a good candidate was chosen to eliminate the heavy metals from wastewater. Also, the pros and cons and future perspectives of using nanomembrane were introduced, respectively.

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