Table 8.
Comparison of characteristic properties of Fe@ACP with some other modified activated carbon as adsorbent.
| AC source | Modifier | Pollutant | qm (mg g− 1) |
SBET (m2 g− 1) |
Removal (%) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomegranate wood | NH4Cl | Amoxicillin | 437 | 1029 | > 99.0 | 29 |
| Almond green hull | Magnetic AC coated with CuS | Tetracycline | 13.514 | 186.83 | 70.0 | 50 |
| Commercial activated carbon | Magnetic activated carbon/chitosan | Ciprofloxacin | 90.10 | 204 | 82.0 | 51 |
| Erythromycin | 178.57 | 54.0 | ||||
| Amoxicillin | 526.31 | 72.0 | ||||
| Bagasse | Magnetic biochars | Sulfamethoxazole | 419.8 | 386.3 | 100 | 52 |
| Charcoal type lignite- based | FeCl3 | Organic micropollutants | 111.1 | 984 | > 75% | 53 |
| Charcoal type coconut-based | FeCl3 | 58.8 | 1187 | > 85% | ||
| Pistachio shell | FeCl3 | Cefotaxime | 651.6 | 1073 | 99.1 | Current study |