A review on the adsorption of heavy metals by clay minerals, with special focus on the past decade

MK Uddin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Adsorption has been proved to be the best process of water treatment because of its
significant advantages. Clays and their minerals are abundant and cheap material …

The advantages of clay mineral modification methods for enhancing adsorption efficiency in wastewater treatment: a review

S Barakan, V Aghazadeh - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
This review discusses the recent trends in the research over the last 30 years to use clay
minerals in natural and modified forms for removing different toxic organic/inorganic …

Chitosan–clay composite as highly effective and low-cost adsorbent for batch and fixed-bed adsorption of methylene blue

M Auta, BH Hameed - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Modified Ball clay (MBC) and chitosan composite (MBC–CH) was prepared and its
application for methylene blue (MB) adsorption from aqueous solution in an industrial …

Adsorption and desorption of Pb (II) on l-lysine modified montmorillonite and the simulation of interlayer structure

S Zhu, M Xia, Y Chu, MA Khan, W Lei, F Wang… - Applied Clay …, 2019 - Elsevier
Herein, we reported the adsorption and desorption of Pb (II) on l-lysine modified
montmorillonite (L-Mt) with molecular dynamics simulation. l-lysine (Lys) modified …

Eriobotrya japonica seed biocomposite efficiency for copper adsorption: Isotherms, kinetics, thermodynamic and desorption studies

M Mushtaq, HN Bhatti, M Iqbal, S Noreen - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Adsorption techniques are widely used to remove pollutants from wastewater; however,
composites are gaining more importance due to their excellent adsorption properties …

Biocomposite efficiency for Cr (VI) adsorption: Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamics studies

M Akram, HN Bhatti, M Iqbal, S Noreen… - Journal of Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bio-composite of mango (Mangifera indica) was prepared and employed for Cr (VI)
adsorption from aqueous media. The effect of various process variables ie, pH, Cr (VI) ions …

Chromium (VI) sorption efficiency of acid-activated banana peel over organo-montmorillonite in aqueous solutions

A Ashraf, I Bibi, NK Niazi, YS Ok… - International journal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, we examined sorption of chromate (Cr (VI)) to acid-activated banana
peel (AABP) and organo-montmorillonite (O-mont) as a function of pH, initial Cr (VI) …

Simultaneous removal of chromium (VI) and fluoride by electrocoagulation–electroflotation: application of a hybrid Fe-Al anode

S Aoudj, A Khelifa, N Drouiche, R Belkada… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
A combined two-step EC–EF process was designed to simultaneously remove Cr (VI) and
fluoride from pretreated acidic semiconductor effluents. The EC step comprises integrated …

Biobased amphoteric aerogel derived from amine-modified clay-enriched chitosan/alginate for adsorption of organic dyes and chromium (VI) ions from aqueous …

MN Khan, M Chowdhury, MM Rahman - Materials Today Sustainability, 2021 - Elsevier
Naturally abundant and renewable macromolecular polysaccharides are now considered as
green and sustainable adsorbent material for toxic effluent treatment. However, to deal with …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of chromium from industrial effluents using nanotechnology: a review

S Mitra, A Sarkar, S Sen - Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, 2017 - Springer
The presence of chromium in industrial effluents has become a huge problem worldwide as
hexavalent chromium is highly toxic to animals due to its ability to generate reactive oxygen …