• Effective removal of lanthanum ions from aqueous solution using rice husk: Impact of experimental variables 

      Zafar S.; Khan M.I.; Khraisheh M.; Shahida S.; Khalid N.; ... more authors ( Desalination Publications , 2018 , Article)
      The focus of the present work is to optimize different experimental parameters such as nature of electrolyte, pH, amount of adsorbent, ions concentration, equilibration time, temperature, and operating mode. The effective ...
    • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 

      Dicker D.; Nguyen G.; Abate D.; Abate K.H.; Abay S.M.; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)
      Background Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of ...
    • Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies for adsorption of nickel ions onto husk of oryza sativa 

      Zafar S.; Khan M.I.; Khraisheh M.; Lashari M.H.; Shahida S.; ... more authors ( Desalination Publications , 2019 , Article)
      This research focus onto batch adsorption of nickel ions (Ni(II)) onto husk of Oryza sativa (HOS) from aqueous solution at room temperature. Several techniques such as Fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy ...
    • Kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic studies for adsorptive removal of cobalt ions by rice husk from aqueous solution 

      Zafar, S.; Khan, M. I.; Rehman, H. U.; Fernandez-Garcia, J.; Shahida, S.; ... more authors ( Desalination Publications , 2020 , Article)
      Herein, batch adsorptive removal of cobalt ions (Co(II)) from aqueous solution was studied at room temperature. Adsorption of cobalt ions onto rice husk (RH) was confirmed by utilizing Fourier transform infrared, scanning ...
    • Removal of copper ions from aqueous solution using NaOH-treated rice husk 

      Zafar S.; Khan M.I.; Lashari M.H.; Khraisheh M.; Almomani F.; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2020 , Article)
      The present study investigates the removal of copper ions (Cu (II)) from aqueous solution using chemically treated rice husk (TRH). The chemical treatment was carried out using NaOH solution and the effect of contact time ...
    • Use of rice husk as an effective sorbent for the removal of cerium ions from aqueous solution: Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies 

      Zafar S.; Khan M.I.; Khraisheh M.; Shahida S.; Javed T.; ... more authors ( Desalination Publications , 2019 , Article)
      In this research, the sportive removal of cerium ions (Ce (IV) from aqueous solution by rice husk (RH) has been studied in batch mode at ambient temperature. The effect of operational parameters such as contact time, amount ...