The quality of water is continuously deteriorating due to its increasing toxic threat to humans
and the environment. It is imperative to perform treatment of wastewater in order to remove …

Adsorption process has been proven one of the best water treatment technologies around
the world and activated carbon is undoubtedly considered as universal adsorbent for the …

Rubber tire activated carbon modification (RTACMC) and rubber tire activated carbon
(RTAC) were prepared from waste rubber tire by microwave assisted chemical treatment …

Industrial, agricultural, and domestic activities of humans have affected the environmental
system, resulting in drastic problems such as global warming and the generation of …

In the present study, Juglans regia shells were used to prepare activated carbon by acid
treatment method. J. regia shell-based activated carbon was used for the adsorption of two …

Adsorption techniques are widely used to remove certain classes of pollutants from
wastewater. Phenolic compounds represent one of the problematic groups. Although …

Processing of solutions containing phenolics by adsorption–desorption enables the
recovery and purification of bioactive compounds or fractions from plant. This work reviews …

Activated carbon derived from rattan sawdust (ACR) was evaluated for its ability to remove
phenol from an aqueous solution in a batch process. Equilibrium studies were conducted in …

A natural bentonite modified with a cationic surfactant, cetyl trimethylammonium bromide
(CTAB), was used as an adsorbent for removal of phenol from aqueous solutions. The …

Sawdust and modified peanut husk were used as adsorbents to remove Pb (II), Cr (III) and
Cu (II) from aqueous solution. Results of kinetic experiments demonstrated that the …