Fluoride at high concentrations in water is detrimental to human health. To find an efficient means of removal of fluoride from aqueous system, we synthesized magnesium oxide (MgO)- based iron-cobalt-manganese (MgO-FCN ) nanocomposites via co-precipitation. Fluoride adsorption process was optimized by standard software. The effect of independent parameters such as pH (3-11), initial dose of nanoparticle (0.02-0.1 g/L), initial concentration of fluoride (10-50 mg/L) and reaction time (30-180 min) were optimized to obtain the best responses of fluoride removal using statistical Central Composite Design (CCD) in the procedure of response surface modeling. The best conditions were optimized as pH=5, initial concentration of nanoparticle =0.05 g/L, initial concentration of fluoride =50 mg/L and the process time of 90 min. Under these conditions, the removal efficiency of the fluoride by MgO-based nanocomposites was achieved as 84.64%. High correlation coefficients for the proposed model was also obtained (adjusted R2=0.9993 and R2=0.9984). The equilibrium data were analyzed using Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm models. The Langmuir model was found to be describing the data best. Kinetic studies showed that the adsorption followed a pseudo-second order reaction. Manuscript profile

Deleterious effect of high concentration fluoride in water resources on the healthof human. The MgO supported Fe-Co-Mn nanoparticles were produced via coprecipitationmethod and characterized by SEM and FTIR techniques. In the work,the adsorption process optimization was performed by response surface modelingwith the help of Minitab 16 software. The effect of independent parameters suchas pH ( 3-11), the initial dose (0.02-0.1 g/L), the initial concentration of the fluoride(10-50 mg/L) and reaction time (30-180 min) were optimized to obtain the bestresponse of fluoride removal using the statistical Box-Behnken in responsesurface modeling procedure. Conditions for the pH(5), the initial concentrationof nanoparticle (0.05 g/L), the initial concentration of fluoride (50 mg/L) and theprocess time(90 min) were obtained as Min respectively. Under these conditions,the removal efficiency of the fluoride by MgO capped Fe-Co-Mn nanoparticlesequal to 84.64% were achieved. ANONA high correlation coefficients for theproposed model was also obtained (adjusted –R2=0.9993 and R2=0.9984). Theequilibrium data were analyzed using Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm models. The Langmuir model was found to be describingthe data. Kinetic studies showed that the adsorption followed a pseudo-secondorder reaction. Manuscript profile