In vitro biotransformation assays are currently being explored to improve estimates of bioconcentration factors of potentially bioaccumulative organic chemicals in fish. The present study compares thin-film and solvent-delivery dosing techniques as well as single versus multiple chemical dosing for measuring biotransformation rates of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rainbow trout (...

Natural Jordanian sorbent (consisting of primary minerals, i.e., quartz and aluminosilicates and secondary minerals, i.e., calcite and dolomite) was shown to be effective for removing Zn(II), Pb(II) and Co(II) from aqueous solution. The major mineral constitutions of the sorbent are calcite and quartz. Dolomite was present as minor mineral and palygorskite was present as trace mineral. The sorb...

Over the last few years, a number of investigations have been conducted to explore the low cost sorbents for the decontamination of toxic materials. Undoubtedly, agricultural waste mass is presently one of the most challenging topics, which has been gaining attention during the past several decades. Wastes are very cheap and easily available material in production of sorbent. Therefore, the Rea...

10 The sorption behavior of the herbicides atrazine, alachlor and trifluralin on four sorbents (two 11 modified organoclays, one model sediment, and one natural sediment) in three water matrices 12 (synthetic water, natural groundwater and surface water) was investigated. The influence of 13 the sorbent and water matrix characteristics was elucidated. All adsorption isotherms fitted 14 well wit...

In the present study, a novel Ni(II) ion-imprinted sulfonate functionalized silica gel polymer was prepared with the surface imprinting technique by using nickel(II) as the template ion, grafted silica gel as the support, and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the functional monomer and crosslinker, respectively. The sorbent was cha...

A new hybrid sorbent in the form of round beads containing modified poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) waste immobilized in pectin and crosslinked with calcium ions was prepared. A previously obtained and characterized powdered poly(methyl methacrylate)-based sorbent was used. Batch and column studies on the new material's sorption-desorption properties were performed. Two kinetic models (pseudo-...

A new magnetic functionalized derivative of chitosan is synthesized and characterized for the sorption of metal ions (environmental applications and metal valorization). The chemical modification of the glycine derivative of chitosan consists of: activation of the magnetic support with epichlorohydrin, followed by reaction with either glycine to produce the reference material (i.e., Gly sorbent...

Chemically modified pullulan was evaluated for its sorption efficiency and selectivity to remove cadmium (Cd) from spiked high-hardness groundwater (GW). Pullulan esterified with succinic anhydride using dimethylaminopyridine showed a fairly high degree of substitution value as confirmed by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. Pullulan succinate (Pull-Suc) was converted into the sodium salt (Pull-Suc-Na). Th...

In this paper, we present a mathematical model that describes the calcination and sintering of calcium-based sorbents in furnace sorbent injection (FSI) conditions. We assumed that the sorbent decomposition follows a shrinking core model with a changing pore size distribution in every layer and we used a comprehensive mathematical model for sintering. Cylindrical and plate-like or slit pore geo...

This paper proposes improved guidelines for dissolved organic matter (DOM) isolation by solid phase extraction (SPE) with a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer (PPL) sorbent, which has become an established method for the isolation of DOM from natural waters, because of its ease of application and appreciable carbon recovery. Suwannee River water was selected to systematically study the effects of...