A Preliminary Study of Banana Stem Juice as a Plant-Based Coagulant for Treatment of Spent Coolant Wastewater

Table 3

Elemental analysis of banana stem, banana stem juice, and comparison with other natural coagulants.

Parameters	Shelled Moringa seeds [33]	Nonshelled Moringa seeds [33]	Cactus Opuntia [34]	Banana stem (pseudostem) [25]	Banana stem	Banana stem juice
C (%)	54.8	53.3	29.4	36.83	38.03	33.42
N (%)	6.1	5.0	2.3	5.19	0.42	0.49
H (%)	8.5	7.7	1.7	0.93	5.46	6.17