TY - JOUR T1 - Humic Substance Bioremediation Using Biomass Agricultural Waste: Process and Mechanism AU - Yakout, Sobhy M. AU - Mostafa, Ashraf A. AU - Aziz, Ibrahim M. JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 13 IS - 12 SP - 688 EP - 693 PY - 2014 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2014.688.693 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2014.688.693 KW - humic substances KW -biomass KW -Bioremediation KW -carbon KW -adsorption AB - A biomass agricultural waste material, Rice Straw was used for preparation of activated carbons by physical activation and modified with KOH (RSK carbon). Bioremediation of Humic Substance (HS) by RSK carbon was investigated through equilibrium process. The experimental results showed that the equilibrium data fit well Langmuir equation. It was found that for RSK carbon can achieve adsorption of HS at 21.1 mg g-1. The underlying mechanism of HS sorption was discussed. It could be concluded that a mixed effect of electrostatic attraction and surface complex formation is suggested to be responsible for the adsorption of humic substance on the surface of carbon. ER -