1. What are toxins? p3 2. What are the most common sources of toxins? p4 3. Is it true that even food is a common source of dangerous toxins? p5 4. Why are toxins a threat to my health? p5 5. Are children more susceptible to dangerous toxins than adults? p6 6. How do prescription drugs and other medical treatments contribute to toxic overload? p6 7. What is toxic overload and what are its sympt...

15 The UASB process for wastewater treatment has been extensively studied, but the use of zeolite to improve 16 UASB reactor performance has rarely been explored. In this study, a UASB reactor modified with natural 17 zeolite operating at high nitrogen concentrations (0.5 g/L, 0.7 g/L and 1 g/L) was evaluated. Two laboratory 18 bioreactors, one with zeolite and one without, were operated at amb...

In this work, chemical interactions between ozone and zeolite surface active sites are studied in order to propose a process for gaseous ozone removal. Synthetic ZSM-5 zeolites with three different Si/Al2 ratios and similar specific surface areas and microporous volumes were used in this study. Zeolite samples were characterised using Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy (FTIR) and pyridine ...

An alumino-silicate zeolite, Linde Type-A (LTA) has been prepared from aluminium powder and sodium metasilicate by hydrothermal process. The zeolite was characterized by FTIR and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and by measuring the surface acidity using KOH as adsorbate. The surface acidity of LTA zeolite varied greatly with varying synthesized conditions such as crystallization temperature, c...

Since the discovery of zeolites there has been a consistent interest in the potential applications of these microporous structures. Of current particular interest is the possible use of zeolites as storage devices for fuel cells in the hydrogen economy. The adsorption kinetics of zeolites are not fully understood, and therefore the potential of such materials has not been optimized. In this stu...

Using the chemical reduction method, silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were effectively synthesized into the zeolite framework in the absence of any heat treatment. Zeolite, silver nitrate, and sodium borohydride were used as an inorganic solid support, a silver precursor, and a chemical reduction agent, respectively. Silver ions were introduced into the porous zeolite lattice by an ion-exchange pa...

GIS-NaP1 zeolite samples were synthesized using seven different Si/Al ratios (5-11) of the hydrothermal reaction mixtures having chemical composition Al2O3:xSiO2:14Na2O:840H2O to study the impact of Si/Al molar ratio on the water vapour adsorption potential, phase purity, morphology and crystal size of as-synthesized GIS-NaP1 zeolite crystals. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) observations reveal tha...

Abstract Microcystin-leucine arginine (MC-LR) is a carcinogenic toxin, produced by cyanobacteria. The release of this toxin into drinking water sources can threaten public health and environmental safety. Therefore, effective MC-LR removal from resources necessary. In the present study, hydrothermal method was used to synthesize novel ternary BiVO4/TiO2/NaY-Zeolite (B/T/N-Z) nanocomposite for d...

ZSM-5 `is a porous zeolite material that reveals good activity for the adsorption of heavy metals and other contaminants effluent purification. In this scientific research, we synthesized novel CaO-CdO/ZSM-5 nanocomposite adsorbent studied effects different parameters on Pb2+ ions from water media first time. About 99.2% removal efficiency was obtained after contact time 60 min an amount 0.1g/L...

Pervaporation (PV) dehydration of isopropanol (IPA) using modified chitosan membranes was studied. The membranes were prepared from chitosan and were modified by using zeolite-A. Pre-weighed amount of zeolite-A was added into acidic solvent and stirred to produce homogeneous solution. Chitosan flakes were then added into the solution and stirred overnight. Various ratios of zeolite-A and chitos...