Polymer-clay composites were designed to adsorb selenium from water. The highest adsorption efficiency was obtained for chitosan-montmorillonite composites. These composites were characterized by XRD, zeta potential, and FTIR measurements. Adsorption isotherms of selenate on the composite, on Al-oxide and on Fe-oxide were in good agreement with the Langmuir model, yielding a somewhat higher cap...

Chitosan/feldspar biobased beads were synthesized, characterized, and tested for the removal of Acid Black 1 dye from aquatic phases. A four-factor central composite design (CCD) accompanied by response surface modeling (RSM) and optimization was used to optimize the dye adsorption by the adsorbent (chitosan/feldspar composite) in 31 different batch experiments. Independent variables of tempera...

Abs t rac t -The exchange reactions of Na, Ca and Mg on montmorillonite are revisited employing recently developed analytical and theoretical approaches. The fractional adsorption of the cations has been determined by displacing them from the adsorbed state in one step, using a low concentration of an organic cation of large binding affinity. The analysis of displaced and solution cations emplo...

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...

Biochar shows great promise for use in adsorbing pollutants. However, a process for enhancing its adsorption capacity and re-collection efficiency is yet to be further developed. Hence, in this study, we developed a type of biochar coated with magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles (i.e., magnetic biochar (MBC)) and assessed its use for crystal violet (CV) adsorption as well as its recycling potential. T...

-The use of powdered activated carbon treatment (PACT), based on simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation, is effective for treating organic toxic pollutants, present in industrial wastewaters. Removal of phenol and aniline from aqueous solutions by biological treatment alone, by adsorption on powdered activated carbon (PAC) alone and by simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation were compare...

Contaminants in water are classified into different types based on their physical and chemical properties. Thus, more than one type of sorbents may be needed for their removal. In this article, a combination of vermiculite with palygorskite was studied for their simultaneous removal of ammonium and humic acid from simulated groundwater. Batch results showed that the Langmuir model described amm...

The aim of this study was to prepare and characterize a potential drug support system based on surfactant/zeolite composites for anti-inflammatory drugs. In order to increase the adsorbing capacity the external surface of the natural zeolite clinoptilolite was modified with benzalkonium chloride in the treatments raging from 100% to 300% of the zeolite external cation exchange capacity. Adsorpt...

The present study presents the effective use of nanocrystalline akaganeite for the adsorption of an anionic (SDS), a cationic (CTAB), and a nonionic (tween80) surfactant from wastewater. Equilibrium experiments, as well as thermodynamic analysis, were performed. The maximum SDS adsorption occurs at the lowest pH value (5), the opposite is observed for CTAB (pH = 11), while for tween80, the chan...

The present study reports the kinetic and absorption performance of novel nanometre scale hydroxyapatite (HAP) absorber synthesised from a combined ultrasound and microwave based technique for the removal of metal ions (Fe, Cu and Zn) from aqueous solutions. After powder characterisation was carried out using XRD, SEM, EDS and FT-IR, batch adsorption studies were carried out. Kinetic studies es...