Applications of chitin-and chitosan-derivatives for the detoxification of water and wastewater—a short review

A Bhatnagar, M Sillanpää - Advances in colloid and Interface science, 2009 - Elsevier
Chitin and chitosan-derivatives have gained wide attention as effective biosorbents due to
low cost and high contents of amino and hydroxyl functional groups which show significant …

Removal of bromophenol blue dye from industrial waste water by synthesizing polymer-clay composite

AA El-Zahhar, NS Awwad, EE El-Katori - Journal of molecular liquids, 2014 - Elsevier
A composite material was prepared by incorporating the clay (Kaolinite (Kao)) into a poly
(acrylamide co-acrylic acid)(P (AAm-AA)) through the in situ polymerization method with …

New biochar from pecan nutshells as an alternative adsorbent for removing reactive red 141 from aqueous solutions

MA Zazycki, M Godinho, D Perondi, EL Foletto… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
A new biochar derived from pecan nutshell was prepared, characterized, and applied as an
alternative and low–cost adsorbent for removing Reactive Red 141 (RR141) from aqueous …

Removal of malachite green from aqueous solution by zinc oxide nanoparticle loaded on activated carbon: kinetics and isotherm study

M Ghaedi, A Ansari, MH Habibi, AR Asghari - Journal of Industrial and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this research, a novel adsorbent, zinc oxide nanoparticle loaded on activated carbon (ZnO-
NP-AC) was synthesized by a simple, low cost and efficient procedure. Subsequently, this …

Preparation of activated carbon from peanut shell by conventional pyrolysis and microwave irradiation-pyrolysis to remove organic dyes from aqueous solutions

J Georgin, GL Dotto, MA Mazutti, EL Foletto - Journal of Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Activated carbon samples were prepared from peanut shell by conventional pyrolysis (P
sample) and microwave irradiation followed by pyrolysis (MW-P sample). These samples as …

Removal of Malachite Green from aqueous solution using degreased coffee bean

MH Baek, CO Ijagbemi, O Se-Jin, DS Kim - Journal of hazardous materials, 2010 - Elsevier
This study reports on the feasibility of employing degreased coffee beans (DCB) as
adsorbent for Malachite Green (MG) removal in dyeing wastewater. The iodine value (IV) …

Highly efficient removal of three red dyes by adsorption onto Mg–Al-layered double hydroxide

R Shan, L Yan, Y Yang, K Yang, S Yu, H Yu… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mg–Al-CO 3-LDH with Mg 2+/Al 3+ molar ratio of 2 was prepared via
coprecipitation method at constant pH of 9–10 and used to remove three red dyes by batch …

New insights on the adsorption of CI-Reactive Red 141 dye using activated carbon prepared from the ZnCl2-treated waste cotton fibers: Statistical physics, DFT …

H Behloul, H Ferkous, N Bougdah, S Djellali… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to develop and apply new adsorbents derived from cotton fiber waste. ZnCl
2 was used to activate the activated carbon chemically. The textile industry's waste is readily …

Development of a chitin/graphene oxide hybrid composite for the removal of pollutant dyes: adsorption and desorption study

JA González, ME Villanueva, LL Piehl… - Chemical engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
This work presents the synthesis of chitin (Chi) and chitin/graphene oxide (Chi: nGO) hybrid
gels in mild conditions and their use as biosorbents in solid–liquid batch systems. The …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of methylene blue, bromophenol blue, and coomassie brilliant blue by α-chitin nanoparticles

S Dhananasekaran, R Palanivel, S Pappu - Journal of advanced research, 2016 - Elsevier
Expelling of dyestuff into water resource system causes major thread to the environment.
Adsorption is the cost effective and potential method to remove the dyes from the effluents …