Adsorption capacities of copper on various adsorbents.
Adsorbent | Adsorption capacity | Adsorption time | pH | Temperature | Reference |
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SCA | 200 mg g−1 | 24 h | 5.2 | 25 °C | — |
Chitosan beads | 33.44 mg g−1 | 50 min | 6 | 25 °C | Ngah, Kamari and Koay (2004) |
Chitosan powder (75/110 μm) | 45 mg g−1 | 24 h | 5 | 25 °C | Huang et al. (1995) |
Chitosan powder (420/590 μm) | 176 mg g−1 | 5 days | 5 | 25 °C | Juang et al. (1999) |