The use of materials of natural origin for the adsorption of heavy metal ions from aqueous
solutions has gained attention in recent years among the scientific community. This is …

Recent decades witness an enormous increase in concentrations of environmental
contaminants of human health concern. The research efforts attempt to develop synthetic …

In this study, the oak fruit shells (OFS) were used to prepare a biochar (OFSBC) obtained by
one-step pyrolysis process at 700° C. The obtained adsorbent was characterized to evaluate …

In this study, growth and ionomic responses of three duckweed species were analyzed,
namely Lemna minor, Landoltia punctata, and Spirodela polyrhiza, were exposed for short …

In this study, we prepared porous carbon (SPAC) derived from the green algae Spirogyra
(SP), which was activated using natural lemon through pyrolysis at 600° C for 3 h, and …

This work explored the technical feasibility of using crab shell (CS) as a promising, low-cost
biosorbent to individually and simultaneously remove Zn2+ and Ni2+ from aqueous …

Batch experiments were conducted to test orange waste (OW), an agricultural solid waste
byproduct from the orange juice manufacturing industry, as adsorbent for binary solutions of …

The wastewater of the many industries that use divalent cobalt (Co2+)-containing
compounds has elevated levels of this metal. Thus, novel technology is needed to efficiently …

Praseodymium, the sixth-most abundant rare-earth element, is widely used in the aircraft
industry for the elaboration of refractory substances, coloring materials, lighting equipment …

Saraca asoca bark has long been used in traditional Indian medicine. Considering its low
cost and non-toxic nature, it can find application as a biosorbent. This article explores the …