Removal of anionic dye Congo red from aqueous solution by raw pine and acid-treated pine cone powder as adsorbent: equilibrium, thermodynamic, kinetics …

S Dawood, TK Sen - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
Pine cone a natural, low-cost agricultural by-product in Australia has been studied for its
potential application as an adsorbent in its raw and hydrochloric acid modified form. Surface …

Enhanced adsorptive removal of methyl orange and methylene blue from aqueous solution by alkali-activated multiwalled carbon nanotubes

J Ma, F Yu, L Zhou, L Jin, M Yang, J Luan… - … applied materials & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
An alkali-acitvated method was explored to synthesize activated carbon nanotubes (CNTs-
A) with a high specific surface area (SSA), and a large number of mesopores. The resulting …

Arsenic adsorption using copper (II) oxide nanoparticles

A Goswami, PK Raul, MK Purkait - Chemical engineering research and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Arsenic poisoning is a major problem in today's life. To reduce its concentration in drinking
water, different metal based compounds were explored as arsenic adsorbents. In the …

Kinetics, thermodynamics and equilibrium evaluation of direct yellow 12 removal by adsorption onto silver nanoparticles loaded activated carbon

M Ghaedi, B Sadeghian, AA Pebdani, R Sahraei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2012 - Elsevier
The efficiency and performance of silver nanoparticles loaded activated carbon (SNP-AC),
as a new adsorbent, for the adsorptive removal of direct yellow 12 (DY12) from aqueous …

Synergistic and competitive adsorption of organic dyes on multiwalled carbon nanotubes

S Wang, CW Ng, W Wang, Q Li, Z Hao - Chemical engineering journal, 2012 - Elsevier
A multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) was used as an adsorbent for removal of a
cationic dye (methylene blue, MB) and acid dye (acid red 183, AR183) from aqueous …

Comparison of silver and palladium nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon for efficient removal of Methylene blue: Kinetic and isotherm study of removal process

M Ghaedi, S Heidarpour, SN Kokhdan, R Sahraie… - Powder Technology, 2012 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to assess and compare the usability of silver and palladium
nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon (Ag NPs-AC and/or Pd NPs-AC) for the removal of …

Comparison of the efficiency of palladium and silver nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon and zinc oxide nanorods loaded on activated carbon as new …

M Ghaedi, MN Biyareh, SN Kokhdan… - Materials Science and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The adsorption of Congo red (CR) into three new adsorbents including Palladium and silver
nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon (Pd NPs-AC, Ag NPs-AC) and zinc oxide …

Packed bed column studies for the removal of synthetic dyes from textile wastewater using immobilised dead C. tropicalis

D Charumathi, N Das - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
An efficient dye biosorbent was developed for the treatment of textile wastewater by
entrapping dead cells of C. tropicalis, within sodium alginate matrix. The biosorbent …

Preparation of low cost activated carbon from Myrtus communis and pomegranate and their efficient application for removal of Congo red from aqueous solution

M Ghaedi, H Tavallali, M Sharifi, SN Kokhdan… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this research, the potential applicability of activated carbon prepared from Myrtus
communis (AC–MC) and pomegranate (AC–PG) as useful adsorbents for the removal of …

A comparative study on the adsorption of acid and reactive dyes on multiwall carbon nanotubes in single and binary dye systems

S Wang, CW Ng, W Wang, Q Li, L Li - Journal of Chemical & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The adsorption of reactive blue 4 (RB4) and acid red 183 (AR183) on a multiwall carbon
nanotube (MWCNT) was investigated in single and binary dye systems. The MWCNT …