Recent advances in applications of low-cost adsorbents for the removal of heavy metals from water: A critical review

M Bilal, I Ihsanullah, M Younas, MUH Shah - Separation and Purification …, 2021 - Elsevier
The heavy metals mobilization in the environment due to the industrial revolution is of great
concern because of the noxiousness of these metal pollutants and their adverse impacts on …

Waste biomass adsorbents for copper removal from industrial wastewater—a review

M Bilal, JA Shah, T Ashfaq, SMH Gardazi… - Journal of hazardous …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Copper (Cu 2+) containing wastewaters are extensively released from different
industries and its excessive entry into food chains results in serious health impairments …

Application of adsorption process for effective removal of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater

BS Rathi, PS Kumar - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants in the marine ecosystem, as well as their possible impact on live
species, have become a rising cause of worry. A traditional wastewater treatment plants …

Adsorptive removal of cationic methylene blue and anionic Congo red dyes using wet-torrefied microalgal biochar: Equilibrium, kinetic and mechanism modeling

KL Yu, XJ Lee, HC Ong, WH Chen, JS Chang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the adsorption behavior of cationic and anionic dyes of
methylene blue (MB) and Congo red (CR) onto wet-torrefied Chlorella sp. microalgal …

An investigation on the influence of highly acidic media on the microstructural stability and dye adsorption performance of UiO-66

K Mirzaei, E Jafarpour, A Shojaei, SS Khasraghi… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stability of UiO-66 in 1 M HCl for different exposure times up to 15 days was investigated by
employing various characterization techniques such as XRD, FESEM, TEM, TGA, and …

Adsorption of copper (II) from aqueous solutions on activated carbon prepared from grape bagasse

H Demiral, C Güngör - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
Activated carbons were prepared from grape bagasse by chemical activation using
phosphoric acid and the prepared activated carbons were used to remove copper (II) from …

Synthesis and characterization of new zeolite materials obtained from fly ash for heavy metals removal in advanced wastewater treatment

M Visa - Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Waste management and water quality are two of the main problems that humanity faces
nowadays. Increased urbanization and industrialization lead to excessive release of wastes …

Adsorption of quinolone, tetracycline, and penicillin antibiotics from aqueous solution using activated carbons

MJ Ahmed - Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Antibiotics, an important type of pharmaceutical pollutant, have attracted many researchers
to the study of their removal from aqueous solutions. Activated carbon (AC) has been widely …

Initial behavior of intraparticle diffusion model used in the description of adsorption kinetics

FC Wu, RL Tseng, RS Juang - Chemical engineering journal, 2009 - Elsevier
The intraparticle diffusion model (IPD) proposed by Weber and Morris has been widely
applied for the analysis of adsorption kinetics. In this work, the characteristic curves based …

Adsorption of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from aqueous solution using activated carbons

MJ Ahmed - Journal of environmental management, 2017 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical pollutants are of significant effect on the environment, so that their
treatments have been addressed in many studies. Activated carbon (AC) adsorbent shows …