Table 3.

Comparison of adsorption capacities of various adsorbents for the phenol.

Adsorbent	Monolayer adsorption	References
	capacity (mg/g)
MWCNTs	15.9	[46]
PHEMA microbead modified Cibacron blue	8.3	[47]
PHEMA microbead modified alkali blue 6B	13.6	[48]
Samla coal	13.3	[49]
Natural coal	18.8	[50]
Activated coal	1.48	[51]
Activated carbon	1.5106	[52]
AC–TiO2	3.153	[52]
Modified Activated Carbon	20	Present work