Refinement of product water resulting from the operation units of Samawah refinery using nano-oxides.

Four metal oxides nanoparticles such nickel, copper, magnesium and zinc oxides were synthesized in this study using different methods. Structural characterizations of the prepared oxides were done using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. These nanoparticles oxides were mixed with the product water resulted from residues of the production units of Al-Samawah refinery with different percentage ratio (0.02, 0.04, 0.06, and 0.08) gm per 100 ml to detect the effect of mixing on the electrical conductivity, turbidity, total dissolved salts, and pH at different reaction times. Many different effects occur on the physical properties of the product water as a result to adding these ratios of metal oxides nanoparticles which enhancing the water to use in environmental applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]