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 …

Agricultural waste materials for adsorptive removal of phenols, chromium (VI) and cadmium (II) from wastewater: A review

A Othmani, S Magdouli, PS Kumar, A Kapoor… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Management of basic natural resources and the spent industrial and domestic streams to
provide a sustainable safe environment for healthy living is a magnum challenge to …

Preparation of a novel bio-adsorbent of sodium alginate grafted polyacrylamide/graphene oxide hydrogel for the adsorption of heavy metal ion

H Jiang, Y Yang, Z Lin, B Zhao, J Wang, J **e… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel bio-adsorbent named SA-PAM/GO hydrogel composites was synthesized through
free radical polymerization. The structure and performance were characterized and …

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 …

Potential of using green adsorbent of heavy metal removal from aqueous solutions: adsorption kinetics, isotherm, thermodynamic, mechanism and economic analysis

RM Ali, HA Hamad, MM Hussein, GF Malash - Ecological Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Peanut hull is a local natural abundant agricultural waste in Egypt. The peanut hull was
used as an adsorbent without any chemical or physical treatment for copper ions Cu (II) …

Preparation of acrylamide/acrylic acid cellulose hydrogels for the adsorption of heavy metal ions

B Zhao, H Jiang, Z Lin, S Xu, J **e, A Zhang - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Modified cellulose hydrogels were prepared by blending and cross-linking with acrylamide
and acrylic acid. The structure of hydrogels was characterized and analyzed with fourier …

Kinetics and thermodynamics of cadmium ion removal by adsorption onto nano zerovalent iron particles

HK Boparai, M Joseph, DM O'Carroll - Journal of hazardous materials, 2011 - Elsevier
Nano zerovalent iron (nZVI) is an effective adsorbent for removing various organic and
inorganic contaminants. In this study, nZVI particles were used to investigate the removal of …

[HTML][HTML] Potentials of agricultural wastes as the ultimate alternative adsorbent for cadmium removal from wastewater. A review

MM Kwikima, S Mateso, Y Chebude - Scientific African, 2021 - Elsevier
The removal/recovery of cadmium from wastewaters by conventional technologies is proving
expensive due to the non-renewability of the materials used and the high costs of both …

A review on the mitigation of heavy metals from aqueous solution using sugarcane bagasse

KO Iwuozor, IP Oyekunle, IO Oladunjoye, EM Ibitogbe… - Sugar Tech, 2022 - Springer
Man's battle against pollutants in his quest for clean water and a cleaner environment has
been justified to be beneficial not just to himself but also to every other animal. One of such …

FTIR spectrophotometry, kinetics and adsorption isotherms modeling, ion exchange, and EDX analysis for understanding the mechanism of Cd2+ and Pb2+ removal …

M Iqbal, A Saeed, SI Zafar - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Mango peel waste (MPW) was evaluated as a new sorbent for the removal of Cd2+ and
Pb2+ from aqueous solution. The maximum sorption capacity of Cd2+ and Pb2+ was found …