Utilization of various agricultural wastes for activated carbon preparation and application for the removal of dyes and metal ions from aqueous solutions.

By Krishna Kadirvelu, M. Kavipriya, C. Karthika, M. Radhika, N. Vennilamani, S. Pattabhi. Bioresource Technology, 2003

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Efficiency of Sawdust as Low-Cost Adsorbent for Dyes Removal (2020, background): “'ey can also cause severe damage to human beings such as dysfunction of the kidney, reproductive system, liver, brain, and central nervous system [8, 20, 21].”
Waste materials for activated carbon preparation and its use in aqueous-phase treatment: a review. (2007, background): “Kadirvelu et al. (2003) showed that AC prepared from agricultural solid wastes removed very significant amounts of different types of dyes, Hg (II) and Ni (II), in shorter time and with better adsorption rates and removal capacities than when applying other methods.”
Non-conventional low-cost adsorbents for dye removal: a review. (2006, background): “, 2003), sago waste (Kadirvelu et al., 2003), silk cotton hull (Kadirvelu et al.”
Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater by chemically modified plant wastes as adsorbents: a review. (2008, methodology): “7 Namasivayam and Kadirvelu (1997) Hg(II) NA Kadirvelu et al. (2001a) Pb(II) Cd(II) Ni(II) Cu(II) Ni(II) 62.”