Thermally-treated MgO/nanocrystalline cellulose immobilized onto a Santa Barbara-16 mesoporous SiO₂ template for the sequestration of antibiotics from polluted water

Abstract

Clean technologies using functional materials as adsorbents to remove antibiotics from polluted water are of great interest especially for water scarce sub-African countries. In this study, as adsorbent MgO/nanocrystalline cellulose...

Exploring the Potential of Amino-Functionalized Zeolite Series/H3PO4-Biochar for Environmental Microplastic Removal

“…C i , C e , V, and M in eq 1 are expressed as the initial concentration of adsorbate ions (mg concentration of adsorbate ions (mg•L −1 ), volume of aqueous solutions (L), and mass of adsorbent (g), respectively. Also, the experimental data obtained from equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies were fit into twoparameter 57 and three-parameter nonlinear equations, 58 optimized by the Quasi-Newton least-squares algorithm, sum of square error (SSE), and correlation coefficient (R 2 ) in a KyPlot Software 2.0 model (KyensLab Incorporated, Tokyo, Japan) and Data Analysis and Graphing Software, OriginPro 9.1, OriginLab Corporation, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA, given as Freundlich model (FM) 59…”

“…68 3.1. thermal stability of adsorbents during applications at elevated temperatures is fundamental to their efficiencies. 58,69,70 Figure 1 shows the TGA and DTG thermograms of AFZ. The TGA thermogram of AFZ has three regions of weight loss.…”

A review on the versatility of Carica papaya seed: an agrogenic waste for the removal of organic, inorganic and microbial contaminants in water

“…TrOCs include herbicides, pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, personal care products, steroid hormones, parabens, anions, and toxins produced by bacteria. Some of these contaminants are toxic to aquatic and human life at low concentrations owing to their mutagenicity, carcinogenicity and teratogenicity 10‐13 . The associated effects of these contaminants include impaired reproductive ability, disrupted endocrine system and sometimes death 14‐17 …”

“…Some of these contaminants are toxic to aquatic and human life at low concentrations owing to their mutagenicity, carcinogenicity and teratogenicity. [10][11][12][13] The associated effects of these contaminants include impaired reproductive ability, disrupted endocrine system and sometimes death. [14][15][16][17] Heavy metals, which include lead, mercury, copper, zinc, chromium, cadmium and arsenic, are non-biodegradable, which leads to their accumulation in the environment 4 and may be passed along the food chain.…”

One‐Pot Synthesis of ZnO‐Activated Eggshell@kaolinite: Sorbents for Phosphate Capture in Water

“…Different technologies have been explored for the sequestration of dissolved phosphate from water, which include advanced biological treatment, chemical precipitation, ion exchange, electrodialysis, membrane filtration, electro-coagulation, and adsorption [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The major shortcomings of some of these techniques include the operational cost, difficulties in operation, and limited versatility.…”