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Composites and Biocomposites for Heavy Metal Adsorption
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2025
- Editors: Abdullahi Haruna Birniwa, Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba, Azmatullah Noor, Rania Edrees Adam Mohammad, Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 5 2 8 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 1 5 2 9 - 9
Composites and Biocomposites for Heavy Metal Adsorption presents the latest developments in this important research field. The book highlights how by combining materials such a… Read more
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Request a sales quoteComposites and Biocomposites for Heavy Metal Adsorption presents the latest developments in this important research field. The book highlights how by combining materials such as composites and bio-composites this can significantly yield better heavy metal removal than a single material. Comparatively, composites and bio-composites are more efficient for heavy metal removal than conventional single materials, due to their higher removal of hazardous intermediate metabolites present in heavy metal. The book compiles and discusses the application, mechanisms, and performance evaluation of various composites and bio-composites used during heavy metal removal. It further analyzes the techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of composites and bio-composites for heavy metal removal. The book will be a valuable reference resource for materials scientists and engineers, wastewater specialists, biotechnologists, chemists, microbiologists, researchers, and students studying industrial effluents, biomass, bioproducts and adsorption processes.
- Presents the latest developments on composites and biocomposites as absorbents for heavy metal removal
- Addresses fundamentals, properties, preparation methods and applications
- Covers ash, activated carbon, biochar, hydrochar, pyrochar, agricultural waste, hydrogels, waste industrial sludge, geological materials, graphene, carbon nanotubes, MXene, polymers, metals, nanomaterials, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and microalgae
Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, chemists and chemical engineers, and environmental scientists and engineers
1. Heavy metal sources, generation, and characteristics
2. Impacts of heavy metal contaminated effluents on the environment.
3. Fundamentals and mechanisms of heavy metal adsorption
4. Synthesis, modifications, characterization, and application of composites for heavy metal adsorption
5. Recent trends in isotherm and kinetic models for heavy metal adsorption.
6. Activated carbon and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
7. Biochar, hydrochar and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
8. Zero-valent iron and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
9. Geological materials and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
10. Graphene and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
11. Carbon nanotube and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
12. MXene and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
13. Polymers and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
14. Nanomaterials and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
15. Metal-organic frameworks and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
16. Agricultural wastes and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
17. Magnetic materials and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
18. Hydrogels and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
19. Covalent organic frameworks and their derivative bio-composites for heavy metal adsorption
20. Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks and their derivative bio-composites for heavy metal adsorption
21. Microalgae and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
22. Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of composites for heavy metal adsorption
2. Impacts of heavy metal contaminated effluents on the environment.
3. Fundamentals and mechanisms of heavy metal adsorption
4. Synthesis, modifications, characterization, and application of composites for heavy metal adsorption
5. Recent trends in isotherm and kinetic models for heavy metal adsorption.
6. Activated carbon and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
7. Biochar, hydrochar and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
8. Zero-valent iron and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
9. Geological materials and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
10. Graphene and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
11. Carbon nanotube and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
12. MXene and its derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
13. Polymers and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
14. Nanomaterials and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
15. Metal-organic frameworks and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
16. Agricultural wastes and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
17. Magnetic materials and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
18. Hydrogels and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
19. Covalent organic frameworks and their derivative bio-composites for heavy metal adsorption
20. Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks and their derivative bio-composites for heavy metal adsorption
21. Microalgae and their derivative composites for heavy metal adsorption
22. Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of composites for heavy metal adsorption
- No. of pages: 650
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443315282
- eBook ISBN: 9780443315299
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Abdullahi Haruna Birniwa
Dr. Abdullahi Haruna Birniwa is working as a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State of Nigeria. He[CE11] holds PhD degree in polymer chemistry from Bayero University, Kano and the University Malaya in Malaysia in 2019, MSc degree in color chemistry from Bayero University, Kano in 2013, and his BSc degree in applied chemistry from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto in 2008.
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Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Sule Lamido University, NigeriaAJ
Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba
Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria. He obtained his B.Eng. from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi; M. Eng. Civil Engineering from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) and PhD in Civil Engineering (Environmental) from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. He has authored and co-authored several articles that include research articles, review papers, conference papers, and book chapters in environmental engineering with special emphasis in physical/chemical and biological wastewater treatment, biomass conversion, sewage and industrial sludge and solid waste management. He is an Editor in the “International Journal of Sustainable Engineering (IJSE)”, Taylor & Francis, Guest Editor for the journal “Discover Sustainability” Springer. He is also a reviewer for reputable journals in: Elsevier, Springer, MDPI, Wiley online etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, NigeriaAN
Azmatullah Noor
Azmatullah Noor obtained his B.Tech (Civil Engineering) and M.Tech (Civil Engineering) degrees from the Aligarh Muslim University, in India. He completed his Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) from the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, in Malaysia. His research focuses on integrated wastewater treatment systems, biological wastewater treatment, adsorption, industrial wastewater treatment, domestic and municipal wastewater treatment and reuse, and additive manufacturing. He has authored or co-authored nearly 28 research or review articles published in indexed journals with Google Scholar Citation over 1000. Also, he has two years of teaching experience in the field of Civil Engineering at a reputed institute.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MalaysiaRM
Rania Edrees Adam Mohammad
Dr. Rania Edrees Adam Mohammad received her PhD in Chemistry from the Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2022. She obtained her M.Sc and B.Sc in chemistry from the University of Khartoum in Sudan. Dr. Rania works for the Open University of Sudan where she was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2023. Her research efforts focus on environmental analytical chemistry with special interests in synthesis and application of nanomaterials for water remediation, method development and validation. She has authored or co-authored several articles in these fields.
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty of Education, Sciences Department, Open University of Sudan, SudanIL
Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal
Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal is presently working as a researcher in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He obtained his B.Eng in Civil Engineering from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi in 2008 and M.Eng. in Environmental Engineering and Project Management, from the University of Leeds, UK in 2013.
He received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK in 2023. He is also a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Civil Engineering at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, in Nigeria. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment through adsorption, sustainable water resources management, hydrology, and climate change.Affiliations and expertise
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK