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SUBMITTER: Chen XL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747384 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Xue-Li XL Li Feng F Xie Xiao Jie XJ Li Zhi Z Chen Long L
International journal of environmental research and public health 20190822 17
Sorption is widely used for the removal of toxic heavy metals such as hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from aqueous solutions. Green sorbents prepared from biomass are attractive, because they leverage the value of waste biomass and reduce the overall cost of water treatment. In this study, we fabricated biochar (BC) adsorbent from the biomass of water hyacinth (<i>Eichhornia crassipes</i>), an invasive species in many river channels. Pristine BC was further modified with nanoscale zero-valent iron ...[more]