| Substrate | P-adsorption maximum mg∙P∙g−1 | Reference |
| Ace ALD ochre | 7.41 | [21] |
| AMD flocs ? Lime treated | 0.73 | [22] |
| AMD flocs ? NaOH treated | 0.76 | [22] |
| AMD flocs ? NH4 treated | 0.86 | [22] |
| Apatite | 0.28 - 1.09 | [23] |
| Avoca ochre | 21 | [24] |
| Babb Creek ochre | 1.82 | [21] |
| Bauxite | 0.61 | [25] |
| Blast Furnace Slag | 0.40 - 0.45 | [26] |
| Burnt oil shale | 0.65 | [25] |
| Coal ash | 0.081 - 29.5 | [27] |
| Dolomite | 0.168 | [28] |
| Dolomite sand | 0.417 | [29] |
| Fly Ash | 0.62 | [26] |
| Fly ash | 5.5 - 42.6 | [30] |
| Friendship Hill ochre | 23.9 | [21] |
| Gravel | 0.03 - 0.05 | [26] |
| Iron ochre (coal mine drainage treatment) | 26 | [31] |
| Iron-coated sand | 27.4 | [14] |
| Laterite | 0.75 | [32] |
| Minto Ochre | 30.5 | [33] |
| Ochre pellets | 22 | [31] |
| Polkemmet Ochre | 26 | [33] |
| Randy Camp ochre | 5.53 | [21] |
| Sands (Danish) | 0.02 - 0.129 | [34] |
| Shale | 0.75 | [32] |
| Shell sand | 14 - 17 | [35] |
| Shell sand | 0.8 - 8.0 | [36] |
| Shell sand | 9.6 | [37] |
| Steel Slag | 0.38 | [26] |
| Toby Creek ochre | 22.6 | [21] |
| West Virginia ochre | 31.97 | [38] |
| Zeolite | 1 | [32] |
| Zeolite | 2.15 | [39] |