BACKGROUND Low cost 2,4-Dichlorophenolyxacetic acid (2,4-D) widely used in controlling broad-leafed weeds is frequently detected in water resources. The main objectives of this research were focused on evaluating the feasibility of using granular activated carbon modified with acid to remove 2,4-D from aqueous phase, determining its removal efficiency and assessing the adsorption kinetics. RE...

This work is devoted to the synthesis of a new type adsorbent based on maleic anhydride styrene copolymer (MAST) and N,N`-diphenylguanidine (S) its modification with 4,4'-(ethane-1,2-diylbis(azanylylidene))bis(pentane-2-one) (S+R). Adsorption study Fe (III) ions this has been carried out. Effects pH value, contact time, ionic strength initial concentration metal adsorption capacity product have...

background nowadays, removal of heavy metals from the environment is an important problem due to their toxicity. objectives in this study, a modified method was used to synthesize chitosan-coated magnetite nanoparticles (ccmn) to be used as a low cost and nontoxic adsorbent. ccmn was then employed to remove hg2+ from water solutions. materials and methods to remove the highest percentage of mer...

A novel method for D-glucose (D-Glu) and trimethylammonium chloride immobilization onto the surface of cellulose powder was studied. Cellulose powder was grafted with vinyl monomer glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), using ceric ammonium nitrate as an initiator, and further derived with quaternary ammonium groups to build the D-GluN-type cellulose absorbent (Cell-g-GMA-D-GluN). Epoxy cellulose was fou...

In a previous work, simultaneous heat and mass transfer between a freely moving object and a gas fluidized bed of adsorbent particles were investigated. Sublimation of naphthalene spheres into a 13X molecular sieve bed was used as amodel system.P In an attempt to give an interpretation of these experimental data, the isotherms and the adsorption heat of this adsorbent/adsorbate pair have been d...

A new kind of low-cost syntactic adsorbent from bamboo charcoal and chitosan was developed for the removal of microcystin-LR from drinking water. Removal efficiency was higher for the syntactic adsorbent when the amount of bamboo charcoal was increased. The optimum dose ratio of bamboo charcoal to chitosan was 6:4, and the optimum amount was 15 mg/L; equilibrium time was 6 hr. The adsorption is...

In the last decade, adsorption has been used to minimize the pollution caused by dyes, which represents a serious environmental problem. In this context, this work reports the preparation of phthalic anhydride-modified cellulose (PhCel), through the reaction of cellulose (Cel) with phthalic anhydride (Ph). The efficiency of the reaction was observed by elemental analysis, Fourier Transform Infr...

In this work, a low-cost lignocellulosic adsorbent with high biosorption capacity is proposed, suitable for the efficient removal of hexavalent chromium from water and wastewater media. The adsorbent was produced by autohydrolyzing Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris) sawdust. The effect of the autohydrolysis conditions, i.e., pretreatment time and temperature, on hexavalent chromium biosorption was i...

Adsorbent prepared from waste plants for the treatment of dyeing effluents have high significance in environmental sustainability. In this research, adsorption of Acid Blue 92AB 92 dye from aqueous solutions on raw and modified diatomite nickel oxide nanoparticles was studied. The effect of different operation parameters such as pH, contact time, initial dye concentration, calcinations and sorb...

Heptaldehyde-modified chitosan (heptyl-chitosan, CH-Hp) was investigated as adsorbent for chromatograhic separation of the flavonoids from A. moluccana. The amount of 2"-O-rhamnosylswertisin isolated (30.0 mg) was approx. twice as high as swertisin (17.5 mg). The improved surface hydrophobicity effected by the heptyl groups promoted the separation of flavonoids. From the results obtained, CH-Hp...