A review of adsorbents for heavy metal decontamination: Growing approach to wastewater treatment

A Gupta, V Sharma, K Sharma, V Kumar, S Choudhary… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal is released from many industries into water. Before the industrial wastewater is
discharged, the contamination level should be reduced to meet the recommended level as …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics and adsorption capacities of low-cost sorbents for wastewater treatment: A review

S De Gisi, G Lofrano, M Grassi, M Notarnicola - Sustainable Materials and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Low-cost by-products from agricultural, household and industrial sectors have been
recognized as a sustainable solution for wastewater treatment. They allow achieving the …

Microalgal biosorption of heavy metals: a comprehensive bibliometric review

AT Ubando, ADM Africa, MC Maniquiz-Redillas… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metals in the effluents released from industrial establishments pose risks to the
environment and society. Prevalent organisms such as microalgae in industrial wastes can …

Low cost adsorbents for the removal of organic pollutants from wastewater

I Ali, M Asim, TA Khan - Journal of environmental management, 2012 - Elsevier
Water pollution due to organic contaminants is a serious issue because of acute toxicities
and carcinogenic nature of the pollutants. Among various water treatment methods …

Biomass-derived biosorbents for metal ions sequestration: Adsorbent modification and activation methods and adsorbent regeneration

RK Gautam, A Mudhoo, G Lofrano… - Journal of environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Heavy metals released from industrial activities pose a significant threat to the environment
and public health due to their reported toxicity even at trace levels. Although there are …

A review of potentially low-cost sorbents for heavy metals

SE Bailey, TJ Olin, RM Bricka, DD Adrian - Water research, 1999 - Elsevier
The use of low-cost sorbents has been investigated as a replacement for current costly
methods of removing heavy metals from solution. Natural materials or waste products from …

Biosorption of heavy metal ions using wheat based biosorbents–a review of the recent literature

U Farooq, JA Kozinski, MA Khan, M Athar - Bioresource technology, 2010 - Elsevier
Conventional technologies for the removal/remediation of toxic metal ions from wastewaters
are proving expensive due to non-regenerable materials used and high costs. Biosorption is …

Biosorption of heavy metals

B Volesky, ZR Holan - Biotechnology progress, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Only within the past decade has the potential of metal biosorption by biomass materials
been well established. For economic reasons, of particular interest are abundant biomass …

A review of the biochemistry of heavy metal biosorption by brown algae

TA Davis, B Volesky, A Mucci - Water research, 2003 - Elsevier
The passive removal of toxic heavy metals such as Cd2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Pb2+, Cr3+, and
Hg2+ by inexpensive biomaterials, termed biosorption, requires that the substrate displays …

Microbial and plant derived biomass for removal of heavy metals from wastewater

SS Ahluwalia, D Goyal - Bioresource technology, 2007 - Elsevier
Discharge of heavy metals from metal processing industries is known to have adverse
effects on the environment. Conventional treatment technologies for removal of heavy …