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ReviewScientific reports2024

Toxic heavy metal ions contamination in water and their sustainable reduction by eco-friendly methods: isotherms, thermodynamics and kinetics study.

Veer Singh, Ghufran Ahmed, Sonali Vedika, Pinki Kumar, Sanjay K Chaturvedi, Sachchida Nand Rai, Emanuel Vamanu, Ashish Kumar

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Review in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed
42.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Veer SinghDepartment of Biochemistry, ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, 800007, India.
Ghufran AhmedDepartment of Biochemistry, ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, 800007, India.
Sonali VedikaDepartment of Biochemistry, ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, 800007, India.
Pinki KumarDepartment of Biochemistry, ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, 800007, India.
Sanjay K ChaturvediDepartment of Microbiology, ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, 800007, India.
Sachchida Nand RaiCentre of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
Emanuel VamanuFaculty of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 011464, Bucharest, Romania. email@emanuelvamanu.ro.
Ashish KumarDepartment of Biochemistry, ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, 800007, India. ashish2k8@gmail.com.
Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences · INBanaras Hindu University · INUniversity of Bucharest · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy metal ions can be introduced into the water through several point and non-point sources including leather industry, coal mining, agriculture activity and domestic waste. Regrettably, these toxic heavy metals may pose a threat to both humans and animals, particularly when they infiltrate water and soil. Heavy metal poisoning can lead to many health complications, such as liver and renal dysfunction, dermatological difficulties, and potentially even malignancies. To mitigate the risk of heavy metal ion exposure to humans and animals, it is imperative to extract them from places that have been polluted. Several conventional methods such as ion exchange, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, membrane filtration and chemical precipitation have been used for the removal of heavy metal ions. However, these methods have high operation costs and generate secondary pollutants during water treatment. Biosorption is an alternative approach to eliminating heavy metals from water that involves employing eco-friendly and cost-effective biomass. This review is focused on the heavy metal ions contamination in the water, biosorption methods for heavy metal removal and mathematical modeling to explain the behaviour of heavy metal adsorption. This review can be helpful to the researchers to design wastewater treatment plants for sustainable wastewater treatment.

Indexed as

Metals, HeavyWater Pollutants, ChemicalAdsorptionBiomassHeavy Metal PoisoningHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIonsKineticsThermodynamicsIonsMetals, HeavyWater Pollutants, ChemicalBiosorptionEco-friendly biosorbentHeavy metalsWater contamination

Identifiers

PMID38556536
PMCPMC11365976
OpenAlexW4393354698

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