Agricultural based activated carbons for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions: a review

A Demirbas - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
… the main adsorbent used in dye removal is activated carbon. The low cost agricultural waste
adsorbents can be viable alternatives to activated carbon for the treatment of contaminated …

Review of modifications of activated carbon for enhancing contaminant uptakes from aqueous solutions

CY Yin, MK Aroua, WMAW Daud - Separation and purification technology, 2007 - Elsevier
… Acidic treatment to introduce acidic functional groups onto surface of activated carbon was …
on activated carbon adsorption of targeted contaminant species from aqueous solutions were …

Adsorption of basic dyes from aqueous solution onto activated carbons

EN El Qada, SJ Allen, GM Walker - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2008 - Elsevier
… of activated carbons produced by steam activation in small laboratory scale and large industrial
scale processes. Equilibrium behaviour of the activated carbons … PAC2 (activated carbon

The use of activated carbon for the removal of pharmaceuticals from aqueous solutions: a review

F Mansour, M Al-Hindi, R Yahfoufi, GM Ayoub… - … Science and Bio …, 2018 - Springer
… This work focuses on the current status of activated carbon adsorption in pharmaceutical …
existing literature, investigating the impact of activated carbon type, preparation, properties, and …

Characterization of activated carbons from waste materials by adsorption from aqueous solutions

K László, A Bóta, LG Nagyu - Carbon, 1997 - Elsevier
… of the activated carbon surface [ 61. The adsorption capacity of a particular activated carbon
… Because these activated carbons are to be applied in industrial waste water treatment, we …

Adsorption of zinc (II) from an aqueous solution onto activated carbon

RL Ramos, LAB Jacome, JM Barron, LF Rubio… - Journal of hazardous …, 2002 - Elsevier
aqueous solution onto commercial activated carbons C, F-400, F-300 and Centaur HSL in a
batch adsorber. The effects of carbon type and solutioncarbon as on the other three carbon

Adsorption of chromium by activated carbon from aqueous solution

D Aggarwal, M Goyal, RC Bansal - Carbon, 1999 - Elsevier
activated carbon fibres and two samples of granulated activated carbons from aqueous
solutions … The adsorption isotherms have been determined after modifying the activated carbon

Removal of metal ions from aqueous solution by activated carbons obtained from different raw materials

TK Budinova, NV Petrov, VN Minkova… - Journal of Chemical …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
… Abstract: The adsorption of Pb2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+ from aqueous solution at 293 K
by activated carbons obtained from different raw materials was studied. These carbons were …

The adsorption of pharmaceutically active compounds from aqueous solutions onto activated carbons

V Rakić, V Rac, M Krmar, O Otman, A Auroux - Journal of hazardous …, 2015 - Elsevier
… of applied activated carbon. The roles of acid/base features of activated carbons and of …
The obtained results enabled to estimate the possibility to use the activated carbons in the …

Utilization of various agricultural wastes for activated carbon preparation and application for the removal of dyes and metal ions from aqueous solutions

K Kadirvelu, M Kavipriya, C Karthika, M Radhika… - Bioresource …, 2003 - Elsevier
Activated carbons were prepared from the agricultural solid wastes, silk cotton hull, coconut
… to eliminate heavy metals and dyes from aqueous solution. Adsorption of all dyes and metal …