Removal of mercury by adsorption: a review

JG Yu, BY Yue, XW Wu, Q Liu, FP Jiao… - … Science and Pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Due to natural and production activities, mercury contamination has become one of the
major environmental problems over the world. Mercury contamination is a serious threat to …

Assessing the radiation-induced graft polymeric adsorbents with emphasis on heavy metals removing: A systematic literature review

R Torkaman, F Maleki, M Gholami… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment remains a fundamental issue worldwide to date despite different
technological progressions and breakthroughs. The wastewater, including heavy metal ions …

Adsorption characteristics and the removal mechanism of two novel Fe-Zn composite modified biochar for Cd (II) in water

T Yang, Y Xu, Q Huang, Y Sun, X Liang, L Wang… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, adsorbents (Fe/Zn-RBC and Fe/Zn-DBC) for the removal of Cd (II) in water were
successfully prepared by iron/zinc composite modified biochar derived from the branches of …

Unraveling adsorption characteristics and removal mechanism of novel Zn/Fe-bimetal-loaded and starch-coated corn cobs biochar for Pb (II) and Cd (II) in wastewater

H Xia, Y Zhang, Q Chen, R Liu, H Wang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Two functionalized biochar composites (ZF@ CBC and SZF@ CBC) were fabricated and
applied for capturing Pb (II) and Cd (II) from wastewater. SZF@ CBC were achieved by …

Fate and mechanistic insights into nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI) activation of sludge derived biochar reacted with Cr (VI)

X Huang, X Niu, D Zhang, X Li, H Li, Z Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
While nanoscale zero-valent iron modified biochar (nZVI-BC) have been widely investigated
for the removal of heavy metals, the corrosion products of nZVI and their interaction with …

Selective removal of Hg (II) from aqueous solution by functionalized magnetic-macromolecular hybrid material

KZ Elwakeel, E Guibal - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
A new hybrid material was prepared using chitosan, glycidyl methacrylate and magnetite
microparticles. The concentration of amine groups on the sorbent was increased by grafting …

Potential use of magnetic glycidyl methacrylate resin as a mercury sorbent: From basic study to the application to wastewater treatment

KZ Elwakeel, E Guibal - Journal of environmental chemical engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
A composite sorbent (MGMA) was synthesized by coating a magnetite core with glycidyl
methacrylate-based polymer, further grafted with diethylenetriamine (DETA). The absence of …

Structural-property relationship in poly (vinyl aniline-co-maleic anhydride) for effective Hg2+ ions adsorption

Y Shandil, UK Dautoo, S Ranote… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Suitable functional modification of a polymer significantly influences its targeted applicability.
Herein, we report new crosslinked copolymer synthesized from 4-vinylaniline (VA) and …

Biosorption of mercury from dilute aqueous solutions using soybean hulls and rice hulls

AM Rizzuti, FL Ellis, LW Cosme - Waste and biomass valorization, 2015 - Springer
This research investigated the mercury biosorption potential of soybean hulls and rice hulls
from dilute aqueous solutions. Both hull types were mixed with mercury solutions. Samples …

Efficient removal of mercury from aqueous solutions and industrial effluent

MBP Dos Santos, KZ Leal, FJS Oliveira… - … Science and Health …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study was to examine the ability of a solid waste produced during
beneficiation of ornamental rocks to remove mercury (Hg) from an industrial effluent and …