The last two decades have seen significant developments in both the science of adsorption and the technology based on it. Adsorption of metal ions by hydrous oxides and adsorbents such as activated carbon has drawn the attention of a number of investigators interested in environmental problems. Since heavy metals are detrimental to a variety of living species, both the transport and distribution of metal ions through the environment, and their removal, are problems of significant importance. Generically, all these problems are directly related to the phenomenon of metal ion adsorption. Kinetics of Metal Ion Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions: Models, Algorithms, and Applications is a focused and practically orientated book that gives an introductory yet complete presentation of the subject. The matters treated in the book have both theoretical and practical significance. Audience: A reference for practitioners and researchers in environmental engineering. Can serve as a supplement to a graduate course on adsorption or a course on modelling of environmental engineering processes.

A practical and comprehensive introduction to the adsorption of metal ions by hydrous oxides and adsorbents such as activated carbon, focusing on applications to track the transport and distribution of harmful heavy metals and remove them from the environment. Describes the phenomenon from the perspective of surface complexation models, presents algorithms and models for both equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions, and demonstrates their application to a number of specific problems. An accompanying 3.5" disk contains several programs that demonstrate the techniques described.
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