Review Article

Adsorption of Heavy Metals in Contaminated Water Using Zeolite Derived from Agro-Wastes and Clays: A Review

Table 3

Other wastes in the synthesis of zeolites.

Waste materialZeolite formedSynthesis methodProduct yield (%)Reference

Coal combustion fly ashAnalcime, faujasite, gismondineHydrothermal treatment70–80[193]
Municipal solid waste fly ash and waste bottle powderPerlialite, zeolite A and YFusion hydrothermal[194]
Volcanic ashNa-mordeniteHydrothermal synthesis80[195]
Municipal solid wasteClinoptiloliteHydrothermal conversion69[196]
Blenod fly ashNa-X faujasiteHydrothermal conversion20–25[197]
Paper sludge ashNa-PI zeoliteHydrothermal synthesis[198]