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Francisco José Alguacil

Francisco José Alguacil

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Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9932
World Ranking
13890
National Ranking
552

Overview

Francisco José Alguacil is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has a research portfolio focused primarily on engineering and environmental science. Their work extensively covers several subfields within these areas, including mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and catalysis.

The main topics addressed in their research include extraction and separation processes, metal extraction and bioleaching, adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, ionic liquids properties and applications, recycling and waste management techniques, electrochemical analysis and applications, and minerals flotation and separation techniques.

Alguacil has contributed to numerous publications, with recent selected papers including:

  • Organic Dyes versus Adsorption Processing, 2021, Molecules
  • On the Adsorption of Cerium(III) Using Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, 2020, MDPI (MDPI AG)
  • Adsorption Processing for the Removal of Toxic Hg(II) from Liquid Effluents: Advances in the 2019 Year, 2020, Metals

Frequent collaborators in their research include Félix A. López, José Ignacio Robla, Lorena Alcaraz, E. Escudero, and Olga Rodríguez.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as Preprints.org, Metals, Revista de Metalurgia, Membranes, and Molecules. Their most prominent contributions appear in Preprints.org with 29 publications, followed by Metals with 12, and Revista de Metalurgia with 10.

Best Publications

  • Environmental impact and management of phosphogypsum.

    Hanan Tayibi;Mohamed Choura;Félix A. López;Francisco J. Alguacil

  • Recent advances in supported ionic liquid membrane technology

    L. J. Lozano;C. Godínez;A. P. De los Ríos;F. J. Hernández-Fernández

  • Adsorption of antimony and arsenic from a copper electrorefining solution onto activated carbon

    Patricio Navarro;Francisco José Alguacil

  • A kinetic study on the thermal behaviour of chitosan

    F. A. López;A. L. R. Mercê;F. J. Alguacil;A. López-Delgado

  • Recycling of an electric arc furnace flue dust to obtain high grade ZnO

    Oscar Ruiz;Carmen Clemente;Manuel Alonso;Francisco Jose Alguacil

  • Recovery of carbon fibres by the thermolysis and gasification of waste prepreg

    Félix A. López;Olga Rodríguez;Francisco José Alguacil;Irene García-Díaz

  • Thermolysis of fibreglass polyester composite and reutilisation of the glass fibre residue to obtain a glass-ceramic material

    F.A. López;M.I. Martín;F.J. Alguacil;J. Ma. Rincón

  • The extraction of mineral acids by the phosphine oxide Cyanex 923

    F.J. Alguacil;F.A. López

  • Processing of residual gold (III) solutions via ion exchange

    F. J. Alguacil;P. Adeva;M. Alonso

  • Distillation of granulated scrap tires in a pilot plant

    Félix A. López;Teresa A. Centeno;Francisco José Alguacil;Belén Lobato

  • Transport of chromium (VI) through a Cyanex 923–xylene flat-sheet supported liquid membrane

    F.J. Alguacil;A.G. Coedo;M.T. Dorado

  • Removal of copper ions from aqueous solutions by a steel-making by-product.

    F.A López;M.I Martı́n;C Pérez;A López-Delgado

  • Unipolar charging of nanometer aerosol particles in a corona ionizer

    A Hernandez-Sierra;F.J Alguacil;M Alonso

  • Chromium (III) recovery from waste acid solution by ion exchange processing using Amberlite IR-120 resin: batch and continuous ion exchange modelling.

    Francisco José Alguacil;Manuel Alonso;Luis Javier Lozano

  • Supported liquid membranes technologies in metals removal from liquid effluents

    D. de Agreda;I. Garcia-Diaz;F. A. López;F. J. Alguacil

  • On the use of imidazolium and ammonium-based ionic liquids as green solvents for the selective recovery of Zn(II), Cd(II), Cu(II) and Fe(III) from hydrochloride aqueous solutions

    A.P. de los Ríos;F.J. Hernández-Fernández;F.J. Alguacil;L.J. Lozano

  • Considerations about the recycling of EAF flue dusts as source for the recovery of valuable metals by hydrometallurgical processes

    C. Caravaca;A. Cobo;Francisco José Alguacil

  • Comparative study on the selective chalcopyrite bioleaching of a molybdenite concentrate with mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria

    P. Romano;M. L. Blázquez;Francisco José Alguacil;J. A. Muñoz

  • Preconcentration and matrix separation of precious metals in geological and related materials using metalfix-chelamine resin prior to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    A.G. Coedo;M.T. Dorado;I. Padilla;F. Alguacil

  • Gold extraction equilibrium in the system Cyanex 921-HClAu(III)

    S Martínez;Ana María Sastre;Francisco José Alguacil

  • Textural and fuel characteristics of the chars produced by the pyrolysis of waste wood, and the properties of activated carbons prepared from them.

    Félix A. López;Teresa A. Centeno;Irene García-Díaz;Francisco J. Alguacil

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana Maria Sastre
Ana Maria Sastre Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Teresa A. Centeno
Teresa A. Centeno Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Ballester
Antonio Ballester Complutense University of Madrid
Ane Urtiaga
Ane Urtiaga University of Cantabria
Oscar Antonio Ruano
Oscar Antonio Ruano Spanish National Research Council
José Luis Cortina
José Luis Cortina Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Inmaculada Ortiz
Inmaculada Ortiz University of Cantabria

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