Organic and Inorganic Pollutant Removal from Waters by Physicochemical, Electrochemical and Thermochemical Processes
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 1882
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Interests: waste valorization; thermal conversion processes; torrefaction; material characterization; hydrometallurgy; metal recovery; biomass
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Dear Colleagues,
The presence of heavy metals and organic pollutants in water is one of the major concerns of this decade. Although trace concentrations of some metals can be beneficial for the normal biological cycle performance, high concentrations become toxic to living beings, causing serious hazard for extended periods of time (due to their cumulative and non-degradable properties).
Zinc, nickel, lead, copper, and cadmium are extensively used in a wide variety of industries (such as metallurgy, tannery, mining, electroplating, chemical manufacturing, etc.), making wastewater stream decontamination before discharging into the environment a priority for governmental authorities in developing countries. Pollution with these metals could cause numerous disorders in human beings (e.g., exposure to lead is associated with hypertension and impaired renal function): for instance, the ingestion of large amounts could damage organs tissues and lead to cell degeneration. Lead, copper, and zinc are often present in water alongside organic compounds, as a result of the industrial pollution of rivers and reservoirs and/or following the dissolution of natural sources.
Several methodologies have been applied to remove toxic pollutants from water, such as chemical and thermochemical precipitation, electrochemical treatment, membrane technology, solvent extraction, ion exchange, sorption, etc.
This Special Issue is dedicated to all chemical processes used for water pollutant removal, including innovative methods, analytical characterization, organic/inorganic interactions, and mechanism studies.
Dr. Hary Demey
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heavy metals
- organic pollutants
- wastewater treatment
- inorganic and organic interactions
- pollutant removal
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