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Khalid Z. Elwakeel

Khalid Z. Elwakeel

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Chemistry
Egypt
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
8685
World Ranking
10894
National Ranking
53

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Egypt Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Egypt Leader Award

Overview

Khalid Z. Elwakeel is affiliated with Port Said University in Egypt and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Analytical Chemistry.

The researcher has contributed extensively to areas such as Adsorption and Biosorption for pollutant removal, Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Extraction and Separation Processes, Analytical chemistry methods development, and Membrane Separation Technologies.

Frequent publication venues for Khalid Z. Elwakeel include:

  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Environmental Research
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Khalid Z. Elwakeel include:

  • A critical review of biosorption of dyes, heavy metals and metalloids from wastewater as an efficient and green process, 2021, Cleaner Engineering and Technology
  • Perspectives regarding metal/mineral-incorporating materials for water purification: with special focus on Cr(VI) removal, 2020, Materials Advances
  • Microplastics prevalence, interactions, and remediation in the aquatic environment: A critical review, 2021, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Thermochemical conversion strategies of biomass to biofuels, techno-economic and bibliometric analysis: A conceptual review, 2021, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • 2-Mercaptobenzimidazole derivative of chitosan for silver sorption - Contribution of magnetite incorporation and sonication effects on enhanced metal recovery, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal

Collaborations feature prominently in their research output, with frequent co-authors including Ahmed M. Elgarahy, Huda M. Alghamdi, Abdullah Akhdhar, Eric Guibal, and M.G. Eloffy.

Best Publications

  • A critical review of biosorption of dyes, heavy metals and metalloids from wastewater as an efficient and green process

    A.M. Elgarahy;K.Z. Elwakeel;S.H. Mohammad;G.A. Elshoubaky

  • Recovery of gold(III) and silver(I) on a chemically modified chitosan with magnetic properties

    Ahmed M. Donia;Asem A. Atia;Khalid Z. Elwakeel

  • Removal of Reactive Black 5 from aqueous solutions using magnetic chitosan resins

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel

  • Selective separation of mercury(II) using magnetic chitosan resin modified with Schiff's base derived from thiourea and glutaraldehyde.

    Ahmed M. Donia;Asem A. Atia;Khalid Z. Elwakeel

  • Functionalization of polyacrylonitrile/Na-Y-zeolite composite with amidoxime groups for the sorption of Cu(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II) metal ions

    K.Z. Elwakeel;A.A. El-Bindary;E.Y. Kouta;Eric Guibal

  • REMOVAL OF CR(VI) FROM ALKALINE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS USING CHEMICALLY MODIFIED MAGNETIC CHITOSAN RESINS

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel

  • Environmental Application of Chitosan Resins for the Treatment of Water and Wastewater: A Review

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel

  • Fast removal of uranium from aqueous solutions using tetraethylenepentamine modified magnetic chitosan resin

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Asem A. Atia;Eric Guibal

  • Selective separation of mercury (II) using a synthetic resin containing amine and mercaptan as chelating groups

    Asem A. Atia;Ahmed M. Donia;Khalid Z. Elwakeel

  • Gold(III) recovery using synthetic chelating resins with amine, thio and amine/mercaptan functionalities

    A.M. Donia;A.A. Atia;K.Z. Elwakeel

  • Perspectives regarding metal/mineral-incorporating materials for water purification: with special focus on Cr(VI) removal

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Ahmed M. Elgarahy;Ziya A. Khan;Muath S. Almughamisi

  • Microplastics prevalence, interactions, and remediation in the aquatic environment: A critical review

    Ahmed M. Elgarahy;Abdullah Akhdhar;Khalid Z. Elwakeel

  • Thermochemical conversion strategies of biomass to biofuels, techno-economic and bibliometric analysis: A conceptual review

    Ahmed M. Elgarahy;Ahmed Hammad;Dina M. El-Sherif;Mohamed Abouzid

  • Fabrication of bentonite/thiourea-formaldehyde composite material for Pb(II), Mn(VII) and Cr(VI) sorption: A combined basic study and industrial application

    Sabry A. El-Korashy;Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Ayman Abd El-Hafeiz

  • Arsenic(V) sorption using chitosan/Cu(OH)2 and chitosan/CuO composite sorbents.

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Eric Guibal

  • Extraction and separation studies of silver(I) and copper(II) from their aqueous solution using chemically modified melamine resins

    M.A. Abd El-Ghaffar;Z.H. Abdel-Wahab;K.Z. Elwakeel

  • Adsorption behaviour of non-transition metal ions on a synthetic chelating resin bearing iminoacetate functions

    Asem A. Atia;Ahmed M. Donia;Khalid Z. ELwakeel

  • Adsorption of silver(I) on synthetic chelating polymer derived from 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-thiol and glutaraldehyde

    M.A. Abd El-Ghaffar;M.H. Mohamed;K.Z. Elwakeel

  • Microwave-accelerated sorption of cationic dyes onto green marine algal biomass

    Ahmed M. Elgarahy;Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Gihan A. Elshoubaky;Samya H. Mohammad

  • Magnetic alginate beads with high basic dye removal potential and excellent regeneration ability

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel;A. A. El-Bindary;Adel El-Sonbati;Ahmed R. Hawas

  • Recent advances in greenly synthesized nanoengineered materials for water/wastewater remediation: an overview

    Ahmed M. Elgarahy;Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Abdullah Akhdhar;Mohammed F. Hamza

  • Fast and selective removal of silver(I) from aqueous media by modified chitosan resins

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Gamal O. El-Sayed;Gamal O. El-Sayed;Ramy S. Darweesh;Ramy S. Darweesh

  • Uptake of U(VI) from aqueous media by magnetic Schiff's base chitosan composite

    Khalid Z. Elwakeel;Asem A. Atia

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Guibal
Eric Guibal Institut Mines-Télécom
Ahmed Shahat
Ahmed Shahat Suez University
Yuezhou Wei
Yuezhou Wei Guangxi University
Adel Z. El-Sonbati
Adel Z. El-Sonbati Damietta University
Ashantha Goonetilleke
Ashantha Goonetilleke Queensland University of Technology
Md. Rabiul Awual
Md. Rabiul Awual Japan Atomic Energy Agency

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