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. 2014 Jan 27;7(2):673–726. doi: 10.3390/ma7020673

Table 3.

Adsorbed heavy metals, maximum adsorption capacity, pH and temperature for adsorption of heavy metals by organic polymer/layered compound hybrids.

Adsorbent (interacting group) Heavy metal (qmax, pH and t (°C)) Isotherm Reference
Chitosan/cloisite 10 A (protonated –NH2) Cr(VI) (357.14 mg/g, 3, 35) Langmuir [199]
Chitosan/bentonite (ion exchange property of bentonite and –OH and –NH2 groups of chitosan) Pb2+ (15 mg/g, 4, 25) Langmuir [200]
Cu2+ (12.6 mg/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Ni2+ (6.1 mg/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Chitosan/perlite (protonated –NH2) Cr(VI) (153.8 mg/g, 4, 25) Experimental [201]
Chitosan/perlite (–NH2 and –OH) Cu2+ (196.08 mg/g, 5, room) Langmuir [202]
Ni2+ (114.95 mg/g, 5, room) Langmuir
Chitosan/perlite (–NH2) Cd2+ (178.6 mg/g, 6, 25) Experimental [203]
Chitosan/perlite (–NH2 and –OH) Cu2+ (1.59 mmol/g, 4.5, 25) Langmuir [204]
Chitosan/clinoptilolite (–NH2) Cu2+ (11.32 mmol/g, 5, 25) Langmuir [205]
Co2+ (7.94 mmol/g, 5, 25) Langmuir
Ni2+ (4.21 mmol/g, 5, 25) Langmuir
Chitosan/alumina (protonated amino groups) Cr(VI) (9.71 mg/g, 4, 40) Langmuir [206]
Chitosan/alumina (protonated –NH2) Cr(VI) (153.85 mg/g, 4, 25) Langmuir [207]
Chitosan/montmorillonite (protonated –NH2) Cr(VI) (40.65 mg/g, 4, 35) Langmuir [208]
Chitosan/montmorillonite (protonated –NH2 group of chitosan) Selenate (18.4 mg/g, 4, room) Langmuir [209]
Chitosan/calcium alginate (–NH2 and –OH) Ni2+ (222.2 mg/g, 5, room) Langmuir [210]
Cellulose/hydroxyapatite (ion exchange property of hydroxyapatite) Pb2+ (16.32 mg/g, neutral, 25) Langmuir [211]
Chitosan/bentonite (–NH2) Cu2+ (9.85 mg/g, 4, 25) Langmuir [212]
Epichlorohydrin-crosslinked chitosan/bentonite (–NH2) Cu2+ (11.75 mg/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether-crosslinked chitosan/bentonite (–NH2) Cu2+ (10.52 mg/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Glutaraldehyde-crosslinked chitosan/bentonite (–NH2) Cu2+ (4.17 mg/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Chitosan-g-poly(acrylic acid)/attapulgite/sodium humate (–COO, –COOH, –NH2 and –O) Pb2+ (809.5 mg/g, 5.5, 35) Langmuir [213]
Chitosan-g-poly(acrylic acid)/attapulgite (–COO) Cu2+ (303.03 mg/g, 5.5, 30) Langmuir [214]
Chitosan-g-poly(acrylic acid)/attapulgite (–COOH, –NH2 and –OH) Hg2+ (785.2 mg/g, 5, 30) Langmuir [215]
Poly(methacrylic acid) grafted chitosan/bentonite (–COOH) U(VI) (117.2 mg/g, 5.5, 30) Langmuir [216]
Poly-methacrylic acid grafted chitosan/bentonite (amino and hydroxyl groups of chitosan) Hg2+ (125 mg/g, 6, room) Langmuir [217]
Pb2+ (111 mg/g, 6, room) Langmuir
Cd2+ (83 mg/g, 6, room) Langmuir
Chitosan-g-poly(acrylic acid)/vermiculite (–COOH, –NH2 and –OH) Pb2+ (3.08 mmol/g, neutral, 30) Langmuir [218]
Cd2+ (2.94 mmol/g, neutral, 30) Langmuir
Humic acid-immobilized-amine modified polyacrylamide/bentonite (–COOH) Cu2+ (106.2 mg/g, 5, 30) Langmuir [219]
Zn2+ (96.1 mg/g, 9, 30) Langmuir
Co2+ (52.9 mg/g, 8, 30) Langmuir
Polyethylenimine800/magnetite-montmorillonite (protonated –NH2) Cr(VI) (8.77 mg/g, 3, 25) Langmuir [220]
Polyacrylic acid crossliked by N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide/montmorillonite (–CONH– and –COOH) Ni2+ (270.3 mg/g, neutral, 25) Langmuir [221]
Pb2+ (1666.7 mg/g, neutral, 25) Langmuir
Poly[N-(4-vinylbenzyl)-N-methyl-D-glucamine]/montmorillonite (protonated tertiary amine) As(V) (72.26 mg/g, 6, 30) Langmuir [222]
As(V) (72.99 mg/g, 6, 40) Langmuir
As(V) (82.64 mg/g, 6, 50) Langmuir
Polyacrylamide/bentonite (–NH2) Cu2+ (32.81 mg/g, 6.2, 20) Langmuir [223]
Polyacrylamide-bentonite composite (negatively charged sites of bentonite) Pb2+ (0.16 mmol/g, 4.5–5, room) Langmuir [224]
Phytic acid-modified polyacrylamide-bentonite composite (negatively charged sites of bentonite) Pb2+ (0.18 mmol/g, 4.5–5, room) Langmuir
Polyaniline/attapulgite (–NH– and –N=) Hg2+ (909.1 mg/g, 6, 25) Langmuir [225]
Polyacrylamide/attapulgite (–NH2) Hg2+ (192.5 mg/g, 4.4, 30) Langmuir [226]
Polyvinyl alcohol/attapulgite (–OH) Pb2+ (169.5 mg/g, 5, 30) Langmuir [227]
Acrylamide-2-acrylamido-sodium 2-methylpropane sulfonate copolymer/clay (–SO3) Cu2+ (1.07 mmol/g, 4.5, 25) Experimental [228]
Cd2+ (1.28 mmol/g, 4.5, 25) Experimental
Pb2+ (1.03 mmol/g, 4.5, 25) Experimental
Poly(methoxyethyl)acrylamide/clay (–NH–) Pb2+ (0.385 mmol/g, 5, 30) Langmuir [229]
3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane/sepiolite (–NH2) Fe2+ (0.44 mmol/g, 3, 25) Langmuir [230]
Cu2+ (0.14 mmol/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Triethoxy-3-(2-imidazolin-1-yl)propylsilane/sepiolite (negatively charged sites of sepiolite and N atoms of imidazolin) Mn2+ (0.085 mmol/g, 4, 25) Langmuir [231]
Cu2+ (0.13 mmol/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Fe3+ (0.05 mmol/g, 2.5, 25) Langmuir
Zn2+ (0.035 mmol/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Co2+ (0.28 mmol/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Cd2+ (0.09 mmol/g, 4, 25) Langmuir
Iodine-modified chitosan/bentonite (I2 and I) Gas-phase Hg0 at 110 °C Experimental [232]