Treatment of Yellow Phosphorus Slag and Reuse of It as an Absorbent of Chromium (VI) Ions and Methylene Blue

Table 16

Comparison of adsorption capacity of several low-cost adsorbents for the uptake of methylene blue from aqueous solutions.

Adsorbents	Sorption capacity (mg·g^−1)	References
Activated date pits	12.90	[38]
Fly ash	5.57	[38]
Orange peel	18.60	[38]
Glass	2.24	[38]
Clay	6.30	[38]
Natural clay	15.40	[38]
Silica nanosheets	11.77	[38]
Ilmenite nanoparticles	71.90	[38]
Banana peel	20.80	[38]
Garlic peel	142.86	[39]
Mango seed kernel	142.86	[39]
Rejected tea	156.00	[39]
Neem leaves	8.76	[39]
Empty fruit bunch	50.76	[39]
YPS	22.99	This work