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A comprehensive review on recent developments in bentonite-based materials used as adsorbents for wastewater treatment
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In this paper, a review demonstrates the late advancements of nanotechnology in the synthesis of nanoadsorbents containing bentonite and its composites and their ability to absorb variety of inorganic contaminants available in the water.About:
This article is published in Journal of Molecular Liquids.The article was published on 2017-09-01. It has received 239 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Water treatment.read more
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Water purification by using Adsorbents: A Review
TL;DR: In this article, a large number of solid adsorbents such as Natural Adsorbents, Agricultural Wastes, Industrial wastes, Biomass, Nanoadsorbents: Carbon based nanomaterials, Nobel metal based nano-materials, Metal oxide based nanomorphs, Spinel ferrite-based nanomological material, Nanocomposites, Dendritic polymers; Geopolymer cement have been discussed for the removal of different pollutants from waste water.
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A Review of the Synthesis and Applications of Polymer–Nanoclay Composites
TL;DR: An up-to-date overview of polymer-nanoclay composites along with their synthesis routes and applications is presented in this article, which highlights potential future directions for this emerging field of research.
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Removal of heavy metals and dyes by clay-based adsorbents: From natural clays to 1D and 2D nano-composites
Tingting Zhang,Wei Wang,Yunliang Zhao,Haoyu Bai,Tong Wen,Shichang Kang,Guangsen Song,Shaoxian Song,Sridhar Komarneni +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the removal of heavy metals and dyes by clay-based adsorbents, from natural clays to 1D clay nanotubes and 2D Clay nanosheets, has been summarized.
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Fast and highly efficient catalytic degradation of dyes using κ-carrageenan stabilized silver nanoparticles nanocatalyst.
TL;DR: The synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) nanocatalyst exhibited high catalytic degradation and mineralization of industrially important organic dyes such as Rhodamine B, and methylene blue, with a degradation efficiency of ∼100 % in a very short interval.
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Fast and highly efficient removal of dye from aqueous solution using natural locust bean gum based hydrogels as adsorbent.
TL;DR: The results indicated that LBG-cl-Poly(DMAAm) hydrogel can be used as an alternative and promising adsorbent to be applied in the treatment of effluents containing the BG dye.
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Distribution of silver, mercury, lead, copper and cadmium in central puget sound sediments
N.S. Bloom,Eric A. Crecelius +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) for the determination of silver and cadmium in Puget Sound sediment cores for the first time.
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Adsorptive removal of Lead from water by the effective and reusable magnetic cellulose nanocomposite beads entrapping activated bentonite.
TL;DR: This work aimed to explore the possibility of using cellulose-based adsorbents for efficient adsorption of Pb(2+) from water via an optimal extrusion dropping technology, and indicated that the adsorbent processes were feasible, spontaneous, endothermic and mainly controlled by chemical mechanisms.
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Treatment of wastewater contaminated with cobalt using Saudi activated bentonite
TL;DR: In this article, the removal of cobalt from wastewater using Saudi activated clay (bentonite) was investigated under various operating variables such as contact time, solution pH, clay dosage and initial metal concentration.
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Adsorption of copper and lead in aqueous solution onto bentonite modified by 4'-methylbenzo-15-crown-5.
TL;DR: The adsorption of heavy metal ions onto organobentonite modified by 4'-methylbenzo-15-crown-5 (MB15C5) from bentonite compared with natural bentonite (N-Bentonite) is described in this paper.
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Fluoride adsorption studies of montmorillonite clay
TL;DR: Batch adsorption studies were conducted to determine the effects of contact time and temperature on fluoride removal by montmorillonite clay at neutral pH as discussed by the authors, and the results showed that the percentage of fluoride removed increased with time and reached an optimum level at 50 t h min.