Adsorption of malachite green (MG) from an aqueous solution onto unexpanded perlite (UP), expanded perlite (EP) and NaOH-modified unexpanded perlite (NaOH-UP) powders has been investigated. The effects of contact time, pH, initial dye concentration, adsorbent dosage and temperature have been evaluated. The adsorbents were characterized by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis, Fourier transform...

heavy metals in water resource are one of the most important environmental problems of countries. chromium is considered as one of the important environmental pollutants due to its toxicity considered as water contaminant that may disturb metabolic activity. this research aims to study the potential of jujube fruit powder for low cost adsorption of cr (vi) in compression with granular activated...

One of the most serious environmental problems is the existence of hazardous and toxic pollutants in industrial wastewaters. The major hindrance is the simultaneous existence of many/different types of pollutants as (i) dyes; (ii) heavy metals; (iii) phenols; (iv) pesticides and (v) pharmaceuticals. Adsorption is considered to be one of the most promising techniques for wastewater treatment ove...

Two easily accessible local materials, kaolin, and sediments from the reservoir of a dam, were evaluated to compare their efficiencies as adsorbents for As. The kaolin sample was composed mainly by kaolinite quartz, while contained illite, montmorrillonite quartz. Also, iron, calcium magnesium minerals present minor components. adsorption experiments performed using batch equilibrium techniques...