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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2010, Article ID 232378, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2010/232378 Research Article Removal of Chromium (III) from Water by Using Modified and Nonmodified Carbon Nanotubes Muataz Ali Atieh,1, 2 Omer Yahya Bakather,1 Bassam S. Tawabini,3 Alaadin A. Bukhari,4 Mazen Khaled,5 Mamdouh Alharthi,1 Mohammed Fettouhi,5 and Faraj Ahmad Abuilaiwi2, 6 1 Chemical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia 2 Center of Research Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia 3 Earth Sciences Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, KFUPM P.O. Box 952, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia 4 Center for Environment Water, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia 5 Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia 6 Hafr Al-Batin Community College, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, Hafr Al-Batin 31991, Saudi Arabia Correspondence should be addressed to Bassam S. Tawabini, bassamst@.sa Received 16 October 2009; Revised 21 January 2010; Accepted 9 March 2010 Academic Editor: Hongchen Chen Gu Copyright © 2010 Muataz Ali Atieh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This study was carried out to evaluate the environmental application of modified and nonmodified carbon nanotubes through the experiment removal of chromium trivalent (III) from water. The aim was to find the optimal condition of