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Adsorption of methylene blue on low-cost adsorbents: A review
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It is evident from a literature survey of about 185 recently published papers that low-cost adsorbents have demonstrated outstanding removal capabilities for MB, and these include agricultural wastes, industrial solid wastes, biomass, clays minerals and zeolites.About:
This article is published in Journal of Hazardous Materials.The article was published on 2010-05-15. It has received 2493 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Literature survey.read more
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Dye and its removal from aqueous solution by adsorption: A review
TL;DR: An extensive list of various adsorbents such as natural materials, waste materials from industry, agricultural by-products, and biomass based activated carbon in the removal of various dyes has been compiled here.
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Use of iron oxide nanomaterials in wastewater treatment: a review.
Piao Xu,Guang Ming Zeng,Dan Lian Huang,Chong Ling Feng,Shuang Hu,Mei Hua Zhao,Cui Lai,Zhen Wei,Chao Huang,Geng Xin Xie,Zhifeng Liu +10 more
TL;DR: This review outlined the latest applications of iron oxide nanomaterials in wastewater treatment, and gaps which limited their large-scale field applications, as well as the outlook for potential applications and further challenges.
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Cationic and anionic dye adsorption by agricultural solid wastes: A comprehensive review
TL;DR: In this paper, the use of agricultural solid wastes to remove two classes of dye, cationic and anionic dyes, was discussed and a simple comparison among cationi-and anionic dye adsorption by the same adsorbent was made, thus possibly opening the door for a better understanding of the dye-classified adaption process.
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Efficiency of various recent wastewater dye removal methods: A review
TL;DR: In this article, a review of existing research papers on various biological, chemical and physical dye removal methods to find its efficiency through percentage of dye removal is presented, which highlights enzyme degradation and adsorption (physical) dye removal as these are known as one of the most efficient dye removal techniques these days.
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Utilization of agro-industrial and municipal waste materials as potential adsorbents for water treatment—A review
TL;DR: In this article, an extensive list of low-cost adsorbents (prepared by utilizing different types of waste materials) from vast literature has been compiled and their adsorption capacities for various aquatic pollutants as available in the literature are presented.
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Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative
TL;DR: The current available technologies are reviewed and an effective, cheaper alternative for dye removal and decolourisation applicable on large scale is suggested.
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Non-conventional low-cost adsorbents for dye removal: A review
TL;DR: It is evident from a literature survey of about 210 recent papers that low-cost sorbents have demonstrated outstanding removal capabilities for certain dyes, and chitosan might be a promising adsorbent for environmental and purification purposes.
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Application of low-cost adsorbents for dye removal – A review
V K Gupta,Suhas +1 more
TL;DR: From a comprehensive literature review, it was found that some LCAs, in addition to having wide availability, have fast kinetics and appreciable adsorption capacities too.
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Low-cost adsorbents for heavy metals uptake from contaminated water: a review.
TL;DR: The technical feasibility of various low-cost adsorbents for heavy metal removal from contaminated water has been reviewed and it is evident from the literature survey of about 100 papers that low- cost adsorbent have demonstrated outstanding removal capabilities for certain metal ions as compared to activated carbon.
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A review of potentially low-cost sorbents for heavy metals
TL;DR: The use of low-cost sorbents has been investigated as a replacement for current costly methods of removing heavy metals from solution as mentioned in this paper, where natural materials or waste products from certain industries with a high capacity for heavy metals can be obtained, employed and disposed of with little cost.