Table 6. Adsorption Capacity for the Hg Removal by Different Adsorbents.
| adsorbent | Qmax Hg (mg/g) | ref |
|---|---|---|
| commercial AC | 12.38 | Namasivayam and Periasamy (1993)46 |
| commercial AC | 60.08 | Zhu et al. (2009)47 |
| Casuarina equisetifolia-based AC | 43.86 | Ranganathan (2003)48 |
| Ceiba pentandra hulls-based AC | 25.88 | Rao et al. (2009)49 |
| Cicer arietinum-based AC | 22.88 | |
| biochar-based AC | 4.57 | Tan et al. (2016)50 |
| coal-based AC | 48.0 | Guo et al. (2016)51 |
| sago waste-based AC | 55.6 | Kadirvelu et al. (2016)52 |
| polyethylenimine modified AC | 16.39 | Saleh et al. (2017)28 |
| polymer carbon nanofiber | 19.2 | Al-Yaari et al. (2021)42 |
| polyacrylate-modified carbon | 76.3 | this work |