Adsorption is a widely used unit process in various fields, such as chemical, environmental
and pharmaceutical, etc. The intraparticle diffusion adsorption kinetics model is one of the …

Access to clean water remains a challenge in many parts of Africa. This is compounded by
the increasing pollution levels with increasing population and industrialization. Activated …

Synergistically combining lower performing adsorbents may effectively enhance the
composite's aqueous contaminant uptake and reduce water treatment cost. Hence in this …

The conventional disposal of green straws through burning can be eliminated in a
biorefinery that converts them into a range of sustainable commercial products. However …

This research investigates the individual and combined use of Moringa oleifera (MO) Lam.,
biochar, and sand to remove turbidity, pathogens, and heavy metals from drinking water …

There are serious concerns about the effects of aqueous glyphosate on humans especially
after its re-classification as a probable carcinogen. Thus, poly-amidoamine functionalized …

Globally, there is an upsurge in the use of unregulated veterinary pharmaceuticals with
enhanced release into the environment, resulting in water pollution, which is difficult to …

Banana peels are an environmentally benign alternative to toxic reducing agents. Banana
peel-reduced graphene oxide (BRGO) showed high performance in the adsorption of metal …

Recent pesticide use is alarmingly high and unregulated in several parts of the world.
Pesticide fate in soil is controlled by sorption processes which affect the subsequent …

This study reported the synthesis of a low-cost, and efficient adsorbent through surfactant
modified macadamia nutshells (SMS) by a facile sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS) treatment …