Pollutants in water or wastewater raise grave public health problems. This review provides a
concise summary of the potential applications of activated carbon derived from various …

Activated carbon is a porous material that has been in many important ages of the human
history. Lignocellulosic precursors and biomass sources have become important materials …

The aim of this study was to produce a low-cost activated carbon (AC) from an inexpensive
precursor material, corn stigmata (CS), by chemical activation at low temperatures using H 3 …

Discharging of dyes containing effluents into water bodies has severely affected various
forms of life because of their carcinogenic nature. Many conventional methods have been …

Presence of toxic dyes in industrial wastewaters deteriorates the environment. Wastewater
pollution control using locally obtainable agricultural by-products could be an eco-friendly …

The increasing use of heavy metals, synthetic dyes and pesticides is a major environmental
concern. Wastewaters containing heavy metals and dyes, extensively released from small …

Dyes are an important class of organic pollutants and are well known for their hazardous
effects on aquatic life in general and human beings in particular. In order to reduce the …

In the first stage on the effectiveness of various operating factors such as: adsorbent dose,
contact time, solution pH, initial concentration and temperature on the sorption of heavy …

In recent years, significant discoveries related to antimicrobial and adsorption properties of
carbon-based nanomaterials have led to new avenues for removal of various biological and …

Novel fixed-bed adsorption investigations applying carbon nanotube (CNT) coated poly-
amidoamine dendrimer (PAMAM) as an adsorbent have been studied for the adsorption of …