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Prof. Gordon McKay

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Gareth McKay

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Application of chitosan for the removal of metals from wastewaters by adsorption—mechanisms and models review

…, VKC Lee, PL Cloirec, G McKay - Critical reviews in …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Chitin is the world's second most abundant naturally occurring polysaccharide. Much of this
is disposed of as waste from seafood crustacean, mainly in shrimps, prawns, crabs, and …

Dioxin characterisation, formation and minimisation during municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration

G McKay - Chemical engineering journal, 2002 - Elsevier
The present review discusses the current views on methods to minimise dioxins, namely
polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs), formation in MSW …

The progress in understanding and treatment of diabetic retinopathy

…, TM Curtis, M Chen, RJ Medina, GJ McKay… - Progress in retinal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
McKay b 1 , Alicia Jenkins a c 1 , Thomas A. Gardiner a 1 , Timothy J. Lyons a 1 , Hans-Peter
Hammes d 1 , Rafael Simó e 1 , Noemi Lois a 1 …

The kinetics of sorption of divalent metal ions onto sphagnum moss peat

YS Ho, G McKay - Water research, 2000 - Elsevier
… 10.9 to 17.3 mg/g min, the C 0 varies from 210 to 35 mg/l for lead; from 1.81 to 3.19 mg/g
min, the C 0 varies from 200 to 25 mg/l for copper and from 0.905 to 0.804 mg/g min, the C 0 …

Kinetic models for the sorption of dye from aqueous solution by wood

YS Ho, G McKay - Process safety and environmental protection, 1998 - Elsevier
The sorption of Basic Blue 69 and Acid Blue 25 onto wood has been studied in terms of
pseudo-second order, intraparticle diffusion and pseudo-first order chemical sorption processes. …

Sorption of dye from aqueous solution by peat

YS Ho, G McKay - Chemical engineering journal, 1998 - Elsevier
… Tables 4 and 5 show that h varies from 13.1 to 86.0 mg/g min for BB69; and h varies from
0.223 to 1.05 mg/g min for AB2.5, respectively for a temperature variation from 18C to 80C. On …

Pseudo-second order model for sorption processes

YS Ho, G McKay - Process biochemistry, 1999 - Elsevier
… at equilibrium (mg/g), q t is amount of solute sorbed on the surface of the sorbent at any
time t (mg/g). … q t is amount of soluted sorbate on the surface of the sorbent at any time t (mg/g). …

Kinetics of pollutant sorption by biosorbents

YS Ho, JCY Ng, G McKay - Separation and purification methods, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
A review of the mechanisms of solute sorption onto various biosorbents has been performed.
The mechanisms have been subdivided into reaction based systems and diffusion based …

Equilibrium isotherm studies for the sorption of divalent metal ions onto peat: copper, nickel and lead single component systems

YS Ho, JF Porter, G McKay - Water, air, and soil pollution, 2002 - Springer
The sorption of three divalent metal ions — copper, nickel and lead — from aqueous solution
onto peat in single component systems has been studied and the equilibrium isotherms …

The sorption of lead (II) ions on peat

YS Ho, G McKay - Water research, 1999 - Elsevier
The sorption of lead ions from aqueous solution onto peat has been studied. Kinetic studies
have been carried out using an agitated batch and the effect of varying process parameters …