The adsorption potential of clay and sandy soil to remove benzene from liquid-phase system was examined. A series of batch adsorption tests were carried out for various concentrations of benzene (50 250 mg/l) in tightly corked 1000 ml flasks for clay and sandy soil, respectively. Equilibrium and kinetics data were obtained from the batch experiments. Adsorption increased with increasing initial...

Hollow manganese phosphonate microspheres of an inorganic-organic hybrid with hierarchically porous shells were prepared through a template-free hydrothermal method using ethylene diamine tetra(methylene phosphonic acid) as the coupling molecule. The hollow structures with hierarchical porosity were confirmed by SEM, TEM and N2 sorption. FT-IR, XPS and TG-DSC measurements revealed that the orga...

This study provides an electrocoagulation process for the removal of copper from water using mild steel and stainless steel as anode and cathode, respectively. The effect of different operating parameters and coexisting ions on the removal efficiency of copperwas investigated. The results showed that the optimum removal efficiency of 97.8% was achieved at a current density of 0.02 A/dm2 and a p...

The Silica monolith particles (SMP) were prepared from Tetra-Methyl-Ortho-Silicate (TMOS) and characterized by Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), surface area analyzer. FTIR analysis showed the Si?O stretching confirming SMP formation. SEM provided information about mean diameter of (1?5 µm). EDX confirmed presence...

Due to the awareness of impact synthetic dye on human health and environment, natural lake pigment have attracted considerable attention from researcher. Herein, pink−red sappanwood was prepared using adsorption approach. The effects initial pH, pH concentration brazilein solution, dosage aluminium hydroxide, time were also explored. Results showed that maximum capacity 30 mg g-1 achieved when ...

A polyoxoniobate/g-C3N4 nanoporous material with functional groups has been synthesized by using carbon nitride (g-C3N4) and hexaniobate (K8Nb6O19·10H2O, abbreviated as NbO) as precursors. The structure and compositions of the as-prepared nanomaterials were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, FESEM, TEM, and XPS. These two kinds of materials interact with each other forming a hybrid composite, which c...