Research Article
Adsorption of Phenol from Aqueous Solution Using Lantana camara, Forest Waste: Kinetics, Isotherm, and Thermodynamic Studies
Table 1
The concentration of phenol in wastewater released from various industries.
| | Industrial source | Phenol concentration, mg/L |
| | Petroleum refineries | 40–185 | |
Petrochemical | 200–1220 | | Textile | 100–150 | | Leather | 4.4–5.5 | | Coke ovens | 600–3900 | | Coal conversion | 1700–7000 | | Ferrous industry | 5.6–9.1 | | Rubber industry | 3–10 | | Pulp and paper industry | 22 | | Wood preserving industry | 50–953 | | Phenolic resin production | 1600 | | Phenolic resin | 1270–1345 | | Fiberglass manufacturing | 40–2564 | | Paint manufacturing | 1.1 |
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