Physicochemical Characterization of Local Clay from El-Oued Region, Southeastern of Algeria

- Investigation of El-Oued natural clay at Saharan zone located Southwest Algerian. - Elaboration and characterization mineralogical and physicochemical - XRD, FTIR, SEM, XRD, BET, and CEC - - The studied clay is mesoporous and it has an isotherm type IV. - - The Clay are rich in illite (62%) and kaolinite (27%), with less percentage of quartz (11.1%). - Algerian natural clays can efficiently for the removal from the wastewater.

• natural clay
• clay mineralogy
• physicochemical characterization
• illite
• kaolinite
• quartz
• mesoporous clay
• BET surface area
• cation exchange capacity
• clay adsorption
• wastewater treatment

• 6 — المياه النظيفة والنظافة الصحية
• 12 — الاستهلاك والإنتاج المسؤولان

• Clay minerals and soil interactions
• Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
• Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
• natural clay
• clay mineralogy
• physicochemical characterization
• illite
• kaolinite
• quartz
• mesoporous clay
• BET surface area
• Biomaterials
• Water Science and Technology
• Complementary and Manual Therapy
• Materials Science
• Environmental Science
• Health Professions