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Application of novel organic acid-modified biosorbent in the sequestration of aqueous zinc ion
Alhagi graecorum ( AG ) is an invasive plant with a massive/robust root structure that can grow up to 12 feet into the ground. The present study...
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Lepidium sativum Seed Powder: A Novel Biosorbent for Acid Orange 142 Dye Uptake
In this study, a novel Lepidium sativum seed powder (L- seed ) was investigated for the adsorptive uptake of acid orange 142 dye. The different L- seed ...
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Upcycling of easy separated Casuarina equisetifolia fruit waste as a biosorbent: tailoring the surface modification to enhance selective removal of cationic dye or simultaneously removal of cationic and anionic dyes
This study aimed at the valorization of the abundant and underutilized Casuarina equisetifolia fruit waste (CEFW) biomass as an intact easily...
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Microbial and Biosorbent-Mediated Hexavalent Chromium Removal from the Tailing Waters Released from Chromite Mines
Chromium (chromite) mining operations can generate specific problems related to tailing water. There is a serious threat to human health and...
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Chemically Treated Seagrass Fibers as Biosorbent for Crude Oil Removal
Oil spills have caused significant environmental and ecological problems. Effective decontamination and cleanups are necessary after the spill to...
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Removal of rhodamine B and methylene blue using residual Onecarpus bacaba Mart fibers as biosorbent: kinetic and thermodynamic parameters
Among the most common water contaminants, dyes are responsible for polluting rivers and other water bodies as well as contributing to other...
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Citrullus colocynthis seeds activated with H2O2/NaOH as a promising efficient methyl green stain-removing biosorbent
Organic pollutants, such as dyes, which are widely employed in many industries, have contributed to serious environmental contamination, particularly...
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Use of Pistacia lentiscus leaves, after extraction of their oil, as a new biosorbent for the removal of dyes from water
The present study aimed primarily to demonstrate the potential use of mastic tree leaves from which the essential oils have been extracted to remove...
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Removal of Pb(II), Cu(II), and Cd(II) from Aqueous Solution by Alginate-Immobilized Aquatic Weed M. spicatum
Biosorption is evolving as a potential alternative to the existing conventional technologies for the removal and/or recovery of pollutants from...
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Study of the chemical pretreatment of a nonconventional low-cost biosorbent (Callitriche obtusangula) for removing an anionic dye from aqueous solution
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to enhance the biosorption capacity of the aquatic biomass Callitriche obtusangula for the anionic dye Direct...
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Artificial neural network approach to model Cr(III) and Cr(VI) adsorption by NCS, ACS and BCS
Adsorption properties of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) on natural (NCS), acid-activated (ACS) and base-activated (BCS) cherry stalks (CS) in Isparta were...
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Adsorption of Cd2+ from synthetic wastewater by modified leaves of Eupatorium adenophorum and Acer oblongum: thermodynamics, kinetics and equilibrium studies
Heavy metals cause outrageous ecological risks when released into the environment from many point and non-point sources. Biosorbents prepared from...
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Removal of Sulfate and Metals from Wastewater of a Mining Enterprise by a Dual Sorbent System: A Case Study
This paper presents the results of wastewater treatment at a mining enterprise develo** a complex ore deposit in the Murmansk region, Russia. The...
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Removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution by nonliving lichen (Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf.), as a novel biosorbent
The use of lichens is insufficient in industry. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study on the use of lichens in the removal of dyes from...
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Factors and mechanisms regulating heavy metal phycoremediation in polluted water
Rapid advances to industrialization and population increases have put aquatic ecosystems at high risk of pollution from various industrial and...
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Biosorption of metronidazole using Spirulina platensis microalgae: process modeling, kinetic, thermodynamic, and isotherm studies
Metronidazole is well-known antibiotic which, globally, ranks high in popular usage. Therefore, traces of residues of this antibiotic were identified...
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Biosorption of malachite green dye over Spirulina platensis mass: process modeling, factors optimization, kinetic, and isotherm studies
Spirulina platensis is one of the types of blue-green algae that was used as a biosorbent in this study. The aim of this study was to investigate the...
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The brown marine algae “Laminaria digitata” for the outstanding biosorption of methylene blue and reactive blue 19 dyes: kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics, regeneration, and mechanism studies
In the present work, the brown alga Laminaria digitata ( L. Digita ) was used as a biosorbent material for the removal of Methylene Blue (MB) and...
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The kinetics and equilibrium sorption of methylene blue on plant residues in aqueous solution
The biosorption of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution by leaf residues of Thymus numidicus (RTN), Origanum glandulosum (ROG) and Sapindus...
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Simultaneous removal of heavy metals from drinking water by banana, orange and potato peel beads: a study of biosorption kinetics
Banana, orange and potato peels (BP, OP and PP, respectively) were immobilised to produce biosorbent beads that were employed for the biosorption of...
