A review on heavy metal pollution, toxicity and remedial measures: Current trends and future perspectives

KH Vardhan, PS Kumar, RC Panda - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the influence of chemical modification on the performance of adsorbents

SM Abegunde, KS Idowu, OM Adejuwon… - Resources, Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Adsorption is one of the oldest and extensively studied techniques for water and wastewater
treatment. As a surface phenomenon, adsorption efficiency relies heavily on the surface …

A review on potential usage of industrial waste materials for binding heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions

MJK Ahmed, M Ahmaruzzaman - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Presence of toxic and recalcitrant heavy metal ions in industrial effluents is a major
environmental concern. These fatal metal ions are not only hazardous in exceeding …

Biosorption of heavy metals from aqueous solutions onto peanut shell as a low-cost biosorbent

A Witek-Krowiak, RG Szafran, S Modelski - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
Biosorption of Cu (II) and Cr (III) ions from aqueous solutions by peanut shell biomass was
investigated as a function of initial pH, initial biomass concentration and temperature. The …

Characteristics of pseudo-second-order kinetic model for liquid-phase adsorption: A mini-review

FC Wu, RL Tseng, SC Huang, RS Juang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2009 - Elsevier
Since the introduction of pseudo-second-order (PSO) model for the description of adsorption
kinetics in 1999, it has been widely applied in liquid-phase adsorption systems. An …

Metal adsorption by agricultural biosorbents: adsorption isotherm, kinetic and biosorbents chemical structures

SA Sadeek, NA Negm, HHH Hefni… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Biosorption of Cu (II), Co (II) and Fe (III) ions from aqueous solutions by rice husk,
palm leaf and water hyacinth was investigated as a function of initial pH, initial heavy metal …

Biosorption of Pb (II) onto immobilized and native Mangifera indica waste biomass

R Nadeem, Q Manzoor, M Iqbal, J Nisar - Journal of Industrial and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The removal of Pb (II) from simulated solution and wastewater using native and immobilized
Mangifera indica biomass (MIB) were studied as a function of pH, initial concentration …

Thermodynamic and kinetic studies for environmentaly friendly Ni (II) biosorption using waste pomace of olive oil factory

Y Nuhoglu, E Malkoc - Bioresource technology, 2009 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to assess the environmentaly friendly Ni (II) adsorption from
synthetic wastewater using waste pomace of olive oil factory (WPOOF). Batch kinetic studies …

Lead removal from wastewater using fluted pumpkin seed shell activated carbon: Adsorption modeling and kinetics

AI Okoye, PM Ejikeme, OD Onukwuli - International Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Activated carbon produced from fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) seed shell was
utilized for the removal of lead (II) ion from simulated wastewater. Adsorption tests were …

Clarified sludge (basic oxygen furnace sludge)–an adsorbent for removal of Pb (II) from aqueous solutions–kinetics, thermodynamics and desorption studies

TK Naiya, AK Bhattacharya, SK Das - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2009 - Elsevier
The basic oxygen furnace waste generated in steel plant has been used as a low cost
adsorbent for the removal of Pb (II) from aqueous solution. The effect of pH, adsorbent …