Abstract:The removal of toxic heavy metals from wastewater through
the use
of novel adsorbents is expensive. The challenge arises after the heavy
metal is removed by the adsorbent, and the fate of the adsorbent is
not taken care of. This may create secondary pollution. The study
aimed to prepare mesoporous carbon (MC) from macadamia nutshells coated
with titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) using a
hydrothermal method to remove Pb2+ and to test the effectiveness
of reusing the lead-loaded spent adsorbent (Pb2+-MC/… Show more
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