The potential of economically cheaper cellulose containing natural materials like rice husk was assessed for nickel adsorption from aqueous solutions. The effects of pH, contact time, sorbent dose, initial metal ion concentration and temperature on the uptake of nickel were studied in batch process. The removal of nickel was dependent on the physico-chemical characteristics of the adsorbent, ad...

This study explored the possibility of recovering waste powder from photonic industry into two useful resources, sodium fluoride (NaF) and the silica precursor solution. An alkali fusion process was utilized to effectively separate silicate supernatant and the sediment. The obtained sediment contains purified NaF (>90%), which provides further reuse possibility since NaF is widely applied in ch...

The adsorption characteristics of arsenic on laterite soil, a low-cost natural adsorbent, were studied in the laboratory scale using real-life sample. The studies were conducted by both batch and continuous mode. Laterite soil was found to be an efficient adsorbent for arsenic removal from the groundwater collected from arsenic affected area. The initial concentration of arsenic in the sample w...

This study proposed an oil palm by-product as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)] from aqueous solution. Adsorption of Cr (VI) by sulphuric acid and heat-treated oil palm fibre was conducted using batch tests. The influence of pH, contact time, initial chromium concentration and adsorbent dosage on the removal of Cr (VI) from the solutions was investigated. The...

In this study, adsorption of copper from aqueous solutions was investigated using mangrove biomass from the Kenyan Coast. The efficacy of mangrove biomass on the removal of copper (II) ions from aqueous solutions was investigated in single state in batch mode with respect to effects of initial pH, temperature, initial concentration of the metal ion, adsorbent dosage and contact time on metal io...

In the first, cadmium selenide nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon (CdSe-NP-AC) has been synthesized. Then, this new adsorbent successfully has been applied for the removal of fluoride from aqueous solution in batch studies, while the effect of various experimental parameters like initial pH, contact time and temperature on its removal percentage was examined by one at a time optimization ...

Activated clay minerals have been widely used in the edible oil refining industry for decolorization of crude oil by adsorption, and so far many methods have been used to improve their decolorization efficiency. Herein, we successfully prepared a series of carbon/attapulgite (C/APT) composite adsorbents by a one-step in-situ carbonization process with natural starch (St) as the carbon source. I...

In vitro adsorption of plasma proteins such as immunoglobulin (Ig)-G and IgM without the removal of albumin and fibrinogen forms the basis of the field of therapeutic immunoadsorption. In the present study, we investigated the activities of adsorbents with thienyl amino acids, tryptophan, or phenylalanine as ligands. IgG adsorption by an adsorbent with a thienyl amino acid ligand was lower than...

LAS (Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonate) shows relatively high aquatic toxicity in hard freshwater or seawater. In this paper, we studied the effect of adsorbent on the aquatic toxicity of LAS in hard freshwater and seawater. Daphnia magna and Artemia salina were used for acute aquatic toxicity test in freshwater and seawater, respectively. Kaolin was used as a model adsorbent and toxic surface ten...

Conventional N-glycoproteome analysis usually applies C18 reversed-phase (RP) adsorbent for sample purification, which will lead to unavoidable sample loss due to the high hydrophilicity of N-glycopeptides. In this study, a porous graphitized carbon (PGC) absorbent was combined with a C18 adsorbent for N-glycopeptide purification in comprehensive N-glycoproteome analysis based on the hydrophobi...