Removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewaters by adsorption onto activated carbon prepared from an agricultural solid waste.

By K. Kadirvelu, K. Thamaraiselvi, C. Namasivayam. Bioresource Technology, 2001

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Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater by chemically modified plant wastes as adsorbents: a review. (2008, methodology): “…(2006) Ni(II) Hg(II) Cd(II) Kula et al. (2007) Sulfuric acid and ammonium persulphate Hg(II) 154 Namasivayam and Kadirvelu (1999) Cu(II) 39.7 Namasivayam and Kadirvelu (1997) Hg(II) NA Kadirvelu et al. (2001a) Pb(II) Cd(II) Ni(II) Cu(II) Ni(II) 62.5 Kadirvelu et al. (2001b) NA – not available.”
Waste materials for activated carbon preparation and its use in aqueous-phase treatment: a review. (2007, background): “Kadirvelu et al. (2001) J.M. Dias et al. / Journal of Environmental Management 85 (2007) 833–846 839 plants or landfills.”
Adsorption of diclofenac from aqueous solution using Cyclamen persicum tubers based activated carbon (CTAC) (2016, background): “The removal efficiency depends on different factors like solution concentration, temperature, dosage concentration, surface area and other factors including porosity (Kairvelu et al., 2001).”
Three-dimensional magnetic graphene oxide foam/Fe3O4 nanocomposite as an efficient absorbent for Cr(VI) removal (2014, background): “Several adsorbents that have been extensively studied include activated carbon (AC) [3], zeolite [4], silica [5], and metal oxides [6].”