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- Title
REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS FROM WASTEWATER USING CONVENTIONAL AND NANOSORBENTS: A REVIEW.
- Authors
Atkovska, Katerina; Lisichkov, Kiril; Ruseska, Gordana; Dimitrov, Aleksandar T.; Grozdanov, Anita
- Abstract
Wastewater that contains heavy metal ions is considered as the serious threat for environmental pollution. Most of the heavy metals are toxic and their ions are not biodegradable with the tendency to accumulate in the soil and in the living organisms, and hence they are significant environmental pollutants. Therefore, the treatment of the heavy metal ions and their elimination from water and wastewater is very important for environmental protection, and thus the public health. Adsorption is the most commonly used method for removal of the heavy metal ions from large volumes of aqueous solutions. There are a number of materials that can be applied as adsorbents for heavy metals. The clay minerals (bentonite), zeolites, activated carbon, metal oxides, are widely used as conventional adsorbents in the removal of different heavy metal ions, such as Zn(II), Pb(II), Ni(II), Cd(II), Cu(II) from wastewater. The development of nanotechnology enabled nanomaterials, such as graphene and carbon nanotubes, to be widely used as the effective sorbents for the heavy metal elimination from wastewater.
- Subjects
HEAVY metals removal (Sewage purification); METAL ion absorption &; adsorption; ANALYSIS of heavy metals; SORBENT testing; POLLUTANTS
- Publication
Journal of Chemical Technology & Metallurgy, 2018, Vol 53, Issue 2, p202
- ISSN
1314-7471
- Publication type
Article