Water contamination by toxic heavy metal ions and dyes remains a serious public health
problem for humans, so attention on specific methods and technologies to remove heavy …

Heavy metal remediation of aqueous streams is of special concern due to recalcitrant and
persistency of heavy metals in environment. Conventional treatment technologies for the …

Adsorption has been proved to be an excellent way to treat industrial waste effluents,
offering significant advantages like the low-cost, availability, profitability, easy of operation …

Uranium is known for its toxicity and has been a nuclear hazard. Its radioactive nature has
made it a cause of lung and bone cancer. The uranium content in water bodies in several …

The performance of activated carbon (AC) produced from papaya peel (PP) as a locally
available bioderived adsorbent in the removal of Pb (II) from metal-contaminated water is …

Efficacy of treated sodium alginate (TSA) and activated carbon fibre (ACF) for aqueous Pb
(II) uptake was comparatively investigated. By employing FTIR, SEM, EDX, XRD, point of …

Recent years have seen explosive growth in research concerning the use of cellulosic
materials, either in their as-recieved state or as modified products, for the removal of heavy …

Cellulose was extracted from sugarcane bagasse by alkaline extraction with sodium
hydroxide followed by delignification/bleaching using sodium chlorite …

In this study, the sorption capacity of local sugarcane waste (SW) for aqueous Pb (II) was
investigated. The SW was fully characterized using Scanning microscopy (SEM), Energy …

Despite their extensive and decade-long application in wastewater treatment, activated
carbon remains one of the most viable adsorbents, with substantive practical application …