This work describes the preparation of the cellulose phosphate with high ion exchange capacity from rice straw and bagasse for removal of heavy metals. In this study, rice straw and bagasse were modified by the reaction with phosphoric acid in the presence of urea. The introduced phosphoric group is an ion exchangeable site for heavy metal ions. The reaction by microwave heating yielded modifie...

The Cs-effect states Cs has more covalent character in bonding interactions than the lighter alkalis. It is exploited in organic synthesis and influences behavior in water, most notably radioactive Cs in nuclear wastes or the environment. Niobium polyoxometalates (Nb-POMs) provide a unique opportunity to probe aqueous phase ion-pairing responsible for cesium’s solution behavior, because Nb-POMs...

In order to combine the qualities of inorganic and organic ion exchangers, a stable material with good chromatographic properties, a new inorganic-organic ion exchanger Titanium (IV) phosphosulphosalicylate(TiPSS) was synthesized. Sample-1 was chosen for detailed ion exchange studies due to its highest ion exchange capacity, good appearance and chemical stability. Characterization of the resin ...

In the past few decades, discharging thousands of organic, inorganic, and biological pollutants into environment has severely deteriorated water quality especially the heavy metals pollution which could be concentrated in organisms and, thus, harmful to most plants and animals not only at a high dose but also in relatively low concentration [1]. The continuous existence of heavy metal contamina...

In this study, the adsorption behavior of natural (clinoptilolite) zeolites with respect to Co(2+), Cu(2+), Zn(2+), and Mn(2+) has been studied in order to consider its application to purity metal finishing wastewaters. The batch method has been employed, using metal concentrations in solution ranging from 100 to 400 mg/l. The percentage adsorption and distribution coefficients (K(d)) were dete...

The stoichiometries and the affinity toward simple and paired metal ions of synthetic amyloid-beta(1-40) peptide (Abeta1-40) were investigated by electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), circular dichroism (CD), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results lead to the working hypothesis that pH-dependent metal binding to Abeta1-40 may induce conformational changes, which affect the a...

heavy metal accumulation in plants causes induction of oxidative stress. plants have severaldefense systems involved in detoxifying free radicals. in the present research we treated the 15 d.seedlings of b. napus grown in pots with different concentrations of cadmium (0, 10, 50 and 100 μm) ascdcl2. after 3 weeks we measured malondealdehyde (mda) content in leaves of treated plants as anindicati...

In the present paper we extend our theory that calculates the fastest reaction step observable in suspensions containing charged microcrystals and heavy metal cations. The calculation requires the solution of the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation for nonsymmetric electrolytes plus the Nernst-Planck equation for transport of ions in electric fields. We find that the diffusional transport of i...