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ArticleJournal of environmental management2020

Benign zinc oxide betaine-modified biochar nanocomposites for phosphate removal from aqueous solutions.

Amita Nakarmi, Shawn E Bourdo, Laura Ruhl, Sushil Kanel, Mallikarjuna Nadagouda, Praveen Kumar Alla, Ioana Pavel, Tito Viswanathan

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Article in Journal of environmental management, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Amita NakarmiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. Electronic address: axnakarmi@ualr.edu.
Shawn E BourdoCenter for Integrative Nanotechnology Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA.
Laura RuhlDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA.
Sushil KanelPegasus Technical Services, Inc., 46 E. Hollister Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, USA.
Mallikarjuna NadagoudaThe United States Environmental Protection Agency, ORD, CESER, WID, CMTB, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH, 45268, United States.
Praveen Kumar AllaDepartment of Chemistry, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 45435, USA.
Ioana PavelDepartment of Chemistry, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 45435, USA.
Tito ViswanathanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA. Electronic address: txviswanatha@ualr.edu.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock · USWright State University · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · USHollister (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphate is one of the most costly and complex environmental pollutants that leads to eutrophication, which decreases water quality and access to clean water. Among different adsorbents, biochar is one of the promising adsorbents for phosphate removal as well as heavy metal removal from an aqueous solution. In this study, biochar was impregnated with nano zinc oxide in the presence of glycine betaine. The Zinc Oxide Betaine-Modified Biochar Nanocomposites (ZnOBBNC) proved to be an excellent adsorbent for the removal of phosphate, exhibiting a maximum adsorption capacity of phosphate (265.5 mg. g

Indexed as

NanocompositesZinc OxideAdsorptionBetaineCharcoalHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationKineticsPhosphatesSolutionsWater Pollutants, ChemicalBetainebiocharCharcoalPhosphatesSolutionsWater Pollutants, ChemicalZinc OxideAdsorptionAmmonium zinc carbonateBetaine HClBiocharPhosphateZinc oxide

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PMID32677621
PMCPMC10283506
OpenAlexW3041361697

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