Heavy metals are discharged into water from various industries. They can be toxic or
carcinogenic in nature and can cause severe problems for humans and aquatic ecosystems …

Algae have several industrial applications that can lower the cost of biofuel co-production.
Among these co-production applications, environmental and wastewater bioremediation are …

Copper is one of the most well-known heavy metals; while it is an essential nutrient for living
organisms, its excessive presence in wastewaters is equally hazardous, causing a variety of …

Heavy metals contamination has become a global issue of concern due to their higher
toxicities, nature of non-biodegradability, high capabilities in bioaccumulation in human …

Abstract Copper (Cu 2+) containing wastewaters are extensively released from different
industries and its excessive entry into food chains results in serious health impairments …

In this study, equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics of Crystal Violet (CV) adsorption onto
NaOH-modified rice husk (NMRH) was investigated. Experiments were carried out as …

Distinctive adsorption equilibria and kinetic models are of extensive use in explaining the
biosorption of heavy metals, denoting the need to highlight and summarize their essential …

Biosorption may be simply defined as the removal of substances from solution by biological
material. Such substances can be organic and inorganic, and in gaseous, soluble or …

With the development of researches, the treatments of wastewater have reached a certain
level. Whereas, heavy metals in wastewater cause special concern in recent times due to …

Sorption techniques are widely used to remove heavy metal ions from large volumes of
aqueous solutions. Herein, the natural and some artificial materials, such as clay minerals …