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The removal of heavy metal from aqueous solutions by sawdust adsorption - removal of copper.

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Locally available sawdust, a byproduct of the world industry, was found to be a low cost and promising adsorbent for the removal of copper(II) from wastewater and provides strong evidence to support the hypothesis of adsorption mechanism.
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This article is published in Journal of Hazardous Materials.The article was published on 2000-12-30. It has received 539 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Freundlich equation & Sawdust.

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Agricultural waste material as potential adsorbent for sequestering heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions - a review.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided the scattered available information on various aspects of utilization of the agricultural waste materials for heavy metal removal, which can be exploited for high efficiency and multiple reuse to enhance their applicability at industrial scale.

Agricultural waste material as potential adsorbent for sequestering heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions

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TL;DR: Biosorption is emerging as a potential alternative to the existing conventional technologies for the removal and/or recovery of metal ions from aqueous solutions for heavy metal remediation.
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Adsorptive removal of hazardous materials using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): A review

TL;DR: This review summarizes the recent literatures on the adsorptive removal of various hazardous compounds mainly from fuel, water, and air by virgin or modified MOF materials.
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Biosorption of heavy metal ions using wheat based biosorbents – A review of the recent literature

TL;DR: High efficiency, high biosorption capacity, cost-effectiveness and renewability are the important parameters making these materials as economical alternatives for metal removal and waste remediation.
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Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewaters: A Review

TL;DR: A review of membrane filtration, ion exchange, ion-exchange, adsorption, chemical precipitation, nanotechnology treatments, electrochemical and advanced oxidation processes are discussed in this article.
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Role of sawdust in the removal of copper(II) from industrial wastes

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of contact time, pH, concentration, temperature, dose, particle size of the adsorbent and salinity on the removal of Cu(II) have been studied.
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Sorption of heavy metals by untreated red fir sawdust

TL;DR: In this article, an equilibrium and rate relationship for the sorption of divalent copper (Cu2+) and hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) onto untreated Red Fir sawdust was determined.
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Metal cation binding to Sphagnum peat and sawdust: Relation to wetland treatment of metal-polluted waters

TL;DR: In this article, the binding of metal cations to Sphagnum peat and sawdust, two organic substrates used in wetland construction for treatment of metal-polluted waters, was investigated.
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