Agricultural solid waste (corn cob) has been investigated asbiosorbent for removal of metribuzin herbicide from aqueous solution. Parameters influencing extraction efficiency such as pH of the sample, contact time of sample with biosorbent, shaking time, temperature, heating time, sorbent dose were studied. Maximum sorption of metribuzinwas found at pH 5.0. The sorption of metribuzin on corn co...

Current study was focused on optimising lead(II) biosorption carried out by living cells of Arthrospira platensis using Principal Component Analysis. Various experimental conditions were considered: initial metal concentration (50 and 100 mg/l), solution pH (4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5) and contact time (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 min) at constant rotary speed 200 rpm. It was found that when the biomass ...

This study aimed to evaluate the adsorption capacity of an adsorbent obtained using sanky peel for removal phosphate from aqueous solutions. The was conducted in two stages: (1) preparation considering yield, removal, capacity, and textural characteristics; (2) assessment effectiveness as removing phosphates Batch studied solutions containing calcium ions with selected adsorbent. Adsorption kin...

Production of biochar is accomplished by pyrolysis corncobs at 350 °C (BC-350) and 450 (BC-450) under oxygen-limited conditions. The chemical physical properties were investigated via XRD, FTIR, BET, SEM EDX analysis. Batch experiments conducted for the adsorption Pb2+ ions from aqueous solution onto with regards to pH, contact time, dose initial concentration. efficiency was increased as incre...

Biosorption process is a promising technology for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastes and effluents using low-cost and effective biosorbents. In the present study, adsorption of Pb(2+), Cu(2+), Fe(2+), and Zn(2+) onto dried biomass of red seaweed Kappaphycus sp. was investigated as a function of pH, contact time, initial metal ion concentration, and temperature. The experimental ...

Jamil R. Memon, Saima Q. Memon, Muhammad I. Bhanger and Muhammad Y. Khuhawar 2 National Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan Hi Tech Central Resource Laboratories, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abst...

The present work represents the biosorption of Cd(II) and Pb(II) from aqueous solution onto the biomass of the blue green alga Anabaena sphaerica as a function of pH, biosorbent dosage, contact time, and initial metal ion concentrations. Freundlich, Langmuir, and Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) models were applied to describe the biosorption isotherm of both metals by A. sphaerica biomass. The bioso...

The chemically crosslinked metal-complexed chitosans were synthesized by using the ion-imprinting method from a chitosan with four metals (Cu(II), Zn(II), Ni(II) and Pb(II)) as templates and glutaraldehyde as a crosslinker. The influences of adsorption conditions, including molar ratios of crosslinker/chitosan and pH changes, were studied. They were used to investigate for comparative adsorptio...

The pore size distribution is the most important aspect in characterization of structural heterogeneity of porous materials. Different methods have been developed and applied for the characterization of this property, and the most often used is gas adsorption [1,2], while liquid phase adsorption is seldom used [3]. A modification of the Dubinin-Radushkevich pore filling by incorporation of the ...