Adsorbent

Adsorption capacity (mg/g)

Reference

Sawdust

4.4

[17]

Coconut fibers

29

[12]

Palm fibers

14

[12]

Barks

12

[13]

Coniferous leaves

5

[14]

Carbonized tea leaves

43

[15]

Quaternized cellulose derivatives

7

[1]

Cationized cellulose

64.5

[18]

Cationized wood sawdust

39.5

[18]

Cationized maize-cob flour

41.6

[18]

Activated charcoal

45.24

[19]

Cooked tea dust

30.39

[20]

Neem sawdust

58.82

[21]

Mango sawdust

37.73

[22]

Wheat hunk

28.08

[22]

Sugarcane bagasse

23.8

[22]

Orange peel

19.8

[22]

Polystyrene tris-2-(aminoethyl)amine

312.27

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