environmental contamination by toxic metals is a serious problem due to their extreme toxicity towards aquatic life and humans. biosorption is an alternative technology to conventional processes for the removal of metals. biosorption of pb(ii) ions on the lichen biomass of cladonia rangiformis hoffm. is presented in this research. batch experiments were conducted to study the biosorption proper...

the feasibility of kaolinite used as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of pb(ii), zn(ii) and cu(ii) from aqueous solutions was investigated. during the removal process, batch technique was used, and the effects of heavy metal concentration and contact time on adsorption efficiency at ph of 4.5, under a constant temperature of 20?1 ?c were studied. the experimental results were analyzed using...

Hydrothermal and non-hydrothermal spherical TiO2 nanoporous with crystalline framework were prepared by sol-gel method. The Crystalline structures, morphologies and surface texturing of materials were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms. The Hydrothermal spherical TiO2 nanoporous was found to have a narrow and strong p...

Natural Pb-isotope variability in the oceans encodes information about the sources of continental material to the oceans, about ocean circulation, and about Pb removal. In order to use this information, we must understand the natural cycle of Pb in the oceans, which is overprinted by large anthropogenic input. In this study we use Pb, which has not been significantly anthropogenically perturbed...

environmental contamination by toxic metals is a serious problem due to their extreme toxicity towards aquatic life and humans. biosorption is an alternative technology to conventional processes for the removal of metals. biosorption of pb(ii) ions on the lichen biomass of cladonia rangiformis hoffm. is presented in this research. batch experiments were conducted to study the biosorption prope...

Background: The presence of lead in natural waters has become an important issue around the world. Lead has been identified as a highly toxic metal that can cause severe environmental and public health problems and its decontamination is of utmost importance. The aim of this work was to evaluate the adsorption of lead (Pb(II)) on waste tea leaves as a cheap purification method. Methods: In thi...

This study examines the adsorption isotherms, kinetics and mechanisms of Pb²(+) sorption onto waste cow bone powder (WCBP) surfaces. The concentrations of Pb²(+) in the study range from 10 to 90 mg/L. Although the sorption data follow the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm, a detailed examination reveals that surface sorption or complexation and co-precipitation are the most important mechanisms,...

The objective of this manuscript is to provide a description of the International Commission for Radiation Protection (ICRP) model and a comparison to other models (the integrated exposure uptake biokinetic [IEUBK] and O'Flaherty models), including the software used with the models, and a comparison of the model predictions for selected situations. The ICRP biokinetic model for Pb is a multicom...

Both Proboscipedia (PB) and Sex Combs Reduced (SCR) activities are required for determination of proboscis identity. Here we show that simultaneous removal of PB and SCR activity results in a proboscis-to-antenna transformation. Dominant negative PB molecules inhibit the activity of SCR indicating that PB and SCR interact in a multimeric protein complex in determination of proboscis identity. T...