Development of Cellulose Acetate Microcapsules with Cyanex 923 for Phenol Removal from Aqueous Media

Table 3

Comparison of the phenol adsorption capacity () of several adsorbents derived from natural material.

Adsorbent material	Phenol adsorption capacity,  (mg g^−1)	Reference
Coke breeze	0.18	[26]
Natural zeolite modified with surfactant	0.7647 (HDTMA); 1.2977 (BDTDA)	[27]
(hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, HDTMA, and
benzyltetradecyl ammonium chloride, BDTDA)
Vegetable sponge (cylindrical loofa)	5.0715 (23°C)	[28]
Cellulose capsules	5.74	This work
Rice husk and rice husk char	7.9	[26]
Activated carbon from Terminalia arjuna nut	11.175	[29]
Chitin purified powder from shrimp shells	16.1	[30]