[HTML][HTML] A review on biosorptive removal of dyes and heavy metals from wastewater using watermelon rind as biosorbent

C Bhattacharjee, S Dutta, VK Saxena - Environmental Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable wastewater treatment is one of the foremost challenges of twenty first century.
With the ever increasing levels of industrial toxic sludge disposal to water bodies, finding …

Investigation of mechanical and thermal properties on novel wheat straw and PAN fibre hybrid green composites

N Kumar, S Kaliappan, S Socrates… - … Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Grewia optiva wheat straw waste fibre and PAN fibre are combined in this study to create
new composite materials. The novel specimens were created in the hydraulic hind moulding …

[HTML][HTML] Local fruit peel biosorbents for lead (II) and cadmium (II) ion removal from waste aqueous solution: A kinetic and equilibrium study

A Wattanakornsiri, P Rattanawan, T Sanmueng… - South African Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals are serious causes of water pollution affecting both living organisms and
human life. This research focuses on the removal of Pb (II) and Cd (II) ions from waste …

Watermelon rind-mediated green synthesis of noble palladium nanoparticles: catalytic application

R Lakshmipathy, B Palakshi Reddy, NC Sarada… - Applied …, 2015 - Springer
The present study reports the feasibility of synthesis of palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) by
watermelon rind. The aqueous extract prepared from watermelon rind, an agro waste, was …

Bio-inspired green synthesis of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles using watermelon rinds and their catalytic activity

C Prasad, S Gangadhara, P Venkateswarlu - Applied Nanoscience, 2016 - Springer
Novel and bio-inspired magnetic nanoparticles were synthesized using watermelon rinds
(WR) which are nontoxic and biodegradable. Watermelon rind extract was used as a solvent …

[HTML][HTML] Application of Citrullus lanatus rind as biosorbent for removal of trivalent chromium from aqueous solution

NA Reddy, R Lakshmipathy, NC Sarada - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Watermelon rind (WR) an agro waste was evaluated as an adsorbent for the removal of Cr
3+ ions from aqueous solution. Batch mode adsorption studies were performed by varying …

Efficiency evaluation of food waste materials for the removal of metals and metalloids from complex multi-element solutions

L Massimi, A Giuliano, ML Astolfi, R Congedo… - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Recent studies have shown the potential of food waste materials as low cost adsorbents for
the removal of heavy metals and toxic elements from wastewater. However, the adsorption …

Methylene blue adsorption onto native watermelon rind: batch and fixed bed column studies

R Lakshmipathy, NC Sarada - Desalination and Water Treatment, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study reports the feasibility of waste watermelon rind as adsorbent for the removal of
methylene blue in batch and continuous column studies. Batch mode adsorption studies …

Removal of lead and cadmium ions from water using Annona squamosa shell: kinetic and equilibrium studies

CPJ Isaac, A Sivakumar - Desalination and Water Treatment, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Adsorbent prepared from Annona squamosa (custard apple) fruit shell (CAS) was
successfully used to remove lead (Pb2+) and cadmium (Cd2+) from aqueous solution in a …

Kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic studies of untreated watermelon peels for removal of copper (II) from aqueous solution

NI Taib, NA Rosli, NI Saharrudin, NM Rozi… - Desalination and Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the watermelon peels (WP) were used as an adsorbent without any chemical or
physical treatment for Cu 2+ removal from the aqueous solution. Removal of Cu 2+ has …