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Modification of biochar derived from sawdust and its application in removal of tetracycline and copper from aqueous solution: Adsorption mechanism and modelling

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Modification of biochar derived from sawdust shows great potential for simultaneous removal of Cu(II) and tetracycline from co-contaminated water.
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This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2017-12-01. It has received 501 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Adsorption & Sorption.

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The adsorption, regeneration and engineering applications of biochar for removal organic pollutants: a review.

TL;DR: The source and production of biochar is summarized, its research status in the removal of organic pollutants is pointed out, the relevant adsorption parameters are introduced, its regeneration methods are summarizes, its application of engineering is studied, and the development prospects are described.
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Simultaneously efficient adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline by Fe-based MOFs.

TL;DR: Comparing the performance of three Fe-based metal-organic frameworks in removing tetracycline showed that Fe-MIL-101 exhibited the best performance, and it was found that the adsorption and photocatalytic degradation effect was better with the increase of time, and the removal efficiency decreased with the increasing of initial tetrACYcline concentrations.
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Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review.

TL;DR: It can be concluded that biochar technology represents a new, cost effective, and environmentally-friendly solution for the treatment of wastewater.
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Adsorption of tetracycline antibiotics from aqueous solutions on nanocomposite multi-walled carbon nanotube functionalized MIL-53(Fe) as new adsorbent.

TL;DR: The excellent reusability and great water stability indicated the potential application of this novel composite in the removal of TCS from aqueous solutions, and the adsorption kinetics were well fitted to the pseudo-second-order equation.
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Adsorption isotherm, kinetic modeling and mechanism of tetracycline on Pinus taeda-derived activated biochar.

TL;DR: The maximum adsorption capacity of theactivated BC was higher than those of various activated BCs from the previous studies while it was similar to those of commercial activated carbons, indicating that the activated BC had the high potential for TC removal in water.
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Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with biochar, a renewable, low cost and sustainable adsorbent--a critical review.

TL;DR: A review of recent applications of biochars, produced from biomass pyrolysis (slow and fast), in water and wastewater treatment, and a few recommendations for further research have been made in the area of biochar development for application to water filtration.
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Lead removal from aqueous solution by natural and pretreated clinoptilolite: adsorption equilibrium and kinetics.

TL;DR: Kinetic parameters; rate constants, equilibrium adsorption capacities and related coefficients for each kinetic model were evaluated according to relative errors and correlation coefficients and results show that best fitted kinetic models are obtained to be in the order: the pseudo-first order, the Pseudo-second order and Elovich equations.
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Adsorption of chromium (VI) by ethylenediamine-modified cross-linked magnetic chitosan resin: isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics.

TL;DR: The adsorption of chromium (VI) ions from aqueous solution by ethylenediamine-modified cross-linked magnetic chitosan resin (EMCMCR) was studied and the intraparticle diffusion study revealed that film diffusion might be involved in the present case.
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Antibiotic resistance gene abundances associated with antibiotics and heavy metals in animal manures and agricultural soils adjacent to feedlots in Shanghai; China.

TL;DR: The data demonstrated that the presence of ARGs was relatively independent of their respective antibiotic inducer, and toxic heavy metals, such as Hg, Cu, and Zn, exerted a strong selection pressure and acted as complementary factors for ARG abundance.
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Chitosan-based biosorbents: modification and application for biosorption of heavy metals and radionuclides.

TL;DR: The metal sorption capacities, influence of intrinsic nature of metal ions, pH and contact time, desorbing agents, isotherm and kinetics models, biosorption mechanisms were discussed.
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