A review on heavy metal pollution, toxicity and remedial measures: Current trends and future perspectives

KH Vardhan, PS Kumar, RC Panda - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

A comprehensive review on biosorption of heavy metals by algal biomass: materials, performances, chemistry, and modeling simulation tools

J He, JP Chen - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Heavy metals contamination has become a global issue of concern due to their higher
toxicities, nature of non-biodegradability, high capabilities in bioaccumulation in human …

Application of biosorption for removal of heavy metals from wastewater

S Kanamarlapudi, VK Chintalpudi, S Muddada - Biosorption, 2018 - books.google.com
Fresh water accounts for 3% of water resources on the Earth. Human and industrial activities
produce and discharge wastes containing heavy metals into the water resources making …

A comprehensive review on sources, analysis and toxicity of environmental pollutants and its removal methods from water environment

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, RV Hemavathy… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural and human anthropogenic activities increase the concentration of the toxic pollutant
in the water environment; they could cause harmful effects even in their lower concentration …

Removal of cadmium from wastewaters with low-cost adsorbents

K Pyrzynska - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Instead of using commercial activated carbon or ion exchange resins, researchers have
worked on inexpensive materials, such as wastes from industry and agricultural operations …

Kinetic and thermodynamics of chromium ions adsorption onto low-cost dolomite adsorbent

AB Albadarin, C Mangwandi, H Ala'a… - Chemical engineering …, 2012 - Elsevier
The chromium bearing wastewater in this study was used to simulate the low concentration
discharge from a major aerospace manufacturing facility in the UK. Removal of chromium …

Adsorption characteristics of natural zeolites as solid adsorbents for phenol removal from aqueous solutions: kinetics, mechanism, and thermodynamics studies

RI Yousef, B El-Eswed, H Ala'a - Chemical engineering journal, 2011 - Elsevier
Zeolitic tuff was used for the adsorption of phenol from aqueous solutions at different
temperatures in a batch process. The adsorption characteristics, ie, kinetics, mechanism …

Modelling and optimization of photocatalytic degradation of phenol via TiO2 nanoparticles: An insight into response surface methodology and artificial neural network

M Zulfiqar, MFR Samsudin, S Sufian - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The epidemic growth of the pharmaceuticals industries over the years in order to meet the
human demands had exerted substantial pressure on the global environment, particularly …

Application of algae for heavy metal adsorption: A 20-year meta-analysis

Z Lin, J Li, Y Luan, W Dai - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of algae to adsorb heavy metals is an efficient and environmentally friendly
treatment for contaminated water and has attracted widespread research attention. In this …

Adsorption behavior of nickel (II) onto cashew nut shell: Equilibrium, thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanism and process design

PS Kumar, S Ramalingam, SD Kirupha… - Chemical Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
The adsorption behavior of nickel (II) from aqueous solution onto agricultural waste such as
cashew nut shell (CNS) was investigated as a function of parameters such as solution pH …