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Dr. Mahtab Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Faculty Member

كلية علوم الأغذية والزراعة
Pedology Lab 103, Soil Sciences Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University
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Workshop on Biochar Research & Implementation

Join the workshop on 11 - 12 February 2015 in Riyadh at King Saud University. For…

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Welcome to Saudi Biochar Research Group at the Soil Sciences Department

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Sorption Process of Date Palm Biochar for Aqueous Cd (II) Removal: Efficiency and Mechanisms

Date palm biochar (BC) was prepared at two pyrolysis temperatures of 300 °C (BC-300) and 700 °C (BC-700) as sorbents for removing Cd from aqueous solutions in batch experiments.

by Adel Usman, Abdulazeem Sallam, Ming Zhang, Meththika Vithanage, Mahtab Ahmad, Abdullah Al-Farraj, Yong Sik Ok, Adel Abduljabbar, Mohammad Al-Wabel
2016
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High-efficiency remediation of cadmium (Cd2+) from aqueous solution using poultry manure– and farmyard manure–derived biochars

Farmyard manure (FYM-BC) and poultry manure (PM-BC) derived biochars were applied as adsorbents to remove Cd2+ fromwater. Results indicated that PM-BC was amore efficient adsorbent than FYM-BC at…

by Muhammad Idrees, Saima Batool, Qaiser Hussain, Hidayat Ullah, Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Wabel, Mahtab Ahmad & Jie Kong
2016
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Identification, quantification and toxicity of PCDDs and PCDFs in soils from industrial areas in the central and eastern regions of Saudi Arabia

This study was conducted to identify and quantify polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in soil samples collected from selected industrial areas in…

by Al-Wabel, M.I., El-Saeid, M.H., Usman, A.R.A., Al-Turki, A.M., Ahmad, M., Hassanin, A.S., El-Naggar, A.H., Al-Enazi, K.K.H
2016