Concentration effects in the base-catalyzed hydrolysis of water-soluble methacrylates (3-(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl) methacrylate (DMAEMA), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylates (OEGMAs)) have been studied. These monomers are rapidly hydrolyzed in the presence of bases at the room temperature in dilute aqueous solutions, but the reaction rate decreases sharply...

Rice husk carbon (RHC) has been prepared from rice husk impregnated with 50% H3P04 and carbonised at 300°C. Its adsorption capacity has been tested for the decolourization of wastewater containing safranine and methylene blue. The effect of system variables such as concentration, temperature, pH, contact time, adsorbent dosage and particle size are investigated. Removal of dye has been found to...

Recently, iron nanoparticles are increasingly being tested as adsorbents for various types of organic and inorganic pollutants. In this study, nanoparticles of zero-valent iron (NZVI) synthesized under atmospheric conditions were employed for the removal of Ba(2+) ions in a concentration range 10(-3) to 10(-6) M. Throughout the study, (133)Ba was used as a tracer to study the effects of time, c...

Adsorption process is an important technique in separation processes, which is used in heavy metals removal from aqueous solution. Orange peel has been investigated for the adsorption of uranium ions from aqueous solution. The parameters of pH, contact time, initial uranium ion concentration, temperature and adsorbent dose have been investigated in batch experiments. The adsorption kinetics wer...

The efficiency of solar heterogeneous TiO2 photocatalysis and homogeneous photo-Fenton reaction for removal of Lambda Cyhalothrin, Chlorpyrifos and Diazinon from pesticide wastewater industry was investigated. The effluent quality was not complying for discharge into sewerage network. Therefore, adsorption of the remaining portions of pesticides using powdered activated carbon (PAC) was assesse...

The chemist is aware of the synergetic effects arising from a simultaneous application of thermodynamic and kinetic concepts. To give a few examples, the (thermodynamical) Langmuir adsorption isotherm has a simple kinetic derivation, basing on the assumption of a dynamical equilibrium [La18]. We evaluate adsorbate binding energies from the temperature-dependence of desorption rates [Re62], wher...