Phosphate functionalized graphene oxide (PGO) was successfully prepared by Arbuzov reaction and employed for adsorption of resorcinol from an aqueous phase. The phosphate functional groups were successfully incorporated onto the PGO surface by the formation of P-C bonds as identified by the analysis of FTIR and XPS spectra. The evaluation of adsorption capacity of resorcinol onto PGO exhibited significant improvement of resorcinol removal, achieving an adsorption capacity of 50.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDischarging coloring products in water bodies has degraded water quality irreversibly over the past several decades. Order mesoporous carbon (OMC) was modified by embedding neodymium(III) chloride on the surface of OMC to enhance the adsorptive removal towards these contaminants. This paper represents an artificial neural network (ANN) based approach for modeling the adsorption process of sunset yellow onto neodymium modified OMC (OMC-Nd) in batch adsorption experiments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA comprehensive review of the research papers published in 2018 focusing on nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is presented in this review article. The identification of pollution from different sources and estimation of NPS pollution using various models are summarized in this review paper. Various innovative techniques are also examined to abate NPS pollution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA review of the literature published during year 2017 on topics relating to nonpoint source pollution (NPS) is presented. This article is written with a view to cater the need of nonpoint source pollution research and to summarize the new advancements in NPS control. Research developments on assessing, monitoring, and controlling the nonpoint source pollution are the main focus of this review.
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