Table 5 Adsorption capacities of various composites for the adsorption of dyes
Adsorbent | Dyes | Adsorption capacities (mg/g) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
Magnetic porous carbon | Methylene blue | 61.65 | Zhang et al. 2017 |
Chitin/clay microspheres | Methylene blue | 152.2 | Xu et al. 2018 |
Moroccan clay | Crystal violet | 12.19 | Miyah et al. 2017 |
Glutamic acid modified chitosan magnetic composite | Methylene blue | 180 | Yan et al. 2013 |
Modified activated carbon | Crystal violet | 12.60 | Hamidzadeh et al. 2015 |
Rice hull char | Methyl violet | 48.7 | Xu et al. 2011 |
Natural zeolite | Methylene blue | 16.37 | Han et al. 2009 |
Modified clay | Malachite green | 40.48 | Arellano-Cárdenas et al. 2013 |
Bentonite | Malachite green | 7.716 | Tahir and Rauf 2006 |
Kaoline | Methylene blue | 13.99 | Al-Futaisi et al. 2007 |
Superparamagnetic sodium alginate-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles | Malachite green | 47.84 | Mohammadi et al. 2014 |
Carboxylate functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes | Malachite green | 49.45 | Sadegh et al. 2015 |
HNT–Fe3O4 composite | Methyl violet | 20.04 | Bonetto et al. 2015 |
Alginate coated perlite | Methylene blue | 104.2 | Present work |
Malachite green | 74.63 | Present work | |
Methyl violet | 149.3 | Present work | |
Perlite | Methylene blue | 6.65 | Present work |
Malachite green | 3.87 | Present work | |
Methyl violet | 4.98 | Present work |