According to the association-induction hypothesis, the core of living phenomena lies in the long-range, one-on-many connectedness among all three major components of living protoplasm: protein, water and K+ (and the controlling agents, called the cardinal adsorbents.) This article describes simple experimental models that could cogently test the theory of this connectedness and its control by d...

the bulk of the world's phosphate reserves is located in sedimentary horizons that contain appreciable amounts of carbonate. during beneficiation of phosphate rocks, huge amounts of oversize phosphate rocks are rejected from crushers. this reject also mostly contains low tricalcium phosphate and high carbonate content. in this study, experiments have been carried out to reduce/eliminate carbona...

Arsenic's history in science, medicine and technology has been overshadowed by its notoriety as a poison in homicides. Arsenic is viewed as being synonymous with toxicity. Dangerous arsenic concentrations in natural waters is now a worldwide problem and often referred to as a 20th-21st century calamity. High arsenic concentrations have been reported recently from the USA, China, Chile, Banglade...

With the rapid global population growth and industrial development, promotion of sustainable agricultural production environmental conservation has attracted great public research interests. Application carbonaceous materials (e.g., activated carbon, biochar, hydrochar) for soil improvement remediation is highly recommended because their economic viability applicability. Hydrochars, solid with ...

A new, simple one-step approach has been developed to synthesize lignin and lignin amine coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles. These nanoparticles (lignin magnetic nanoparticles (LMNPs) and lignin amine magnetic nanoparticles (LAMNPs)) are found to possess not only magnetic response but also pH-dependent adsorption behavior. Results show that the combination of lignin with nanoparticles increased the ads...

Nanocomposite materials containing graphene oxide have attracted tremendous interest as catalysts and adsorbents for water purification. In this study, mesoporous titanosilicate/reduced graphene oxide composite materials with different Ti contents were employed as adsorbents for removing bisphenol A (BPA) from water systems. The adsorptive interaction between BPA and adsorption sites on the com...

Investigating carbonaceous microstructures and material in Earth's oldest sedimentary rocks is an essential part of tracing the origins of life on our planet; furthermore, it is important for developing techniques to search for traces of life on other planets, for example, Mars. NASA and ESA are considering the adoption of miniaturized Raman spectrometers for inclusion in suites of analytical i...

Functionalized magnetic adsorbents (FMAs) were synthesized by a facile and surfactant-free one-pot solvothermal approach, using iron(III) chloride hexahydrate as the precursor, ethylene glycol as the reducing agent, ammonium acetate, and EDTA-2Na as an electrostatic stabilization agent. The self-assembly process of the functionalized magnetic adsorbents has been investigated and a plausible mec...

Bioethanol is considered to be the most optimistic biofuel. Hydrated ethanol with more than 2% (v/v) of water is not completely miscible with gasoline, so complete dehydration of ethanol is required. Distillation alone cannot concentrate ethanol beyond its azeotropic point so various other methods are used to concentrate ethanol to completely anhydrous state in short span of 93-99.80% (w/w) eth...

An unusual ceria dispersion was achieved by using the confined space between template and silica walls in as-prepared mesoporous silica, for the first time. The new adsorbents exhibit high adsorptive desulfurization activity and, more importantly, excellent stability and reusability, which is impossible to realize with conventional adsorbents.