105
Montmorillonite supported carbon nanosphere
Cr(VI)
156.25 mg/g
Pseudo-second order
Langmuir
model
Li et al. (2014)
Chitosan–montmorillonite composite
Co(II)
150 mg/g
Pseudo-second order
Temkin model Wang et al. (2014)
Organo-montmorillonite–sodium alginate graft
poly(acrylic acid-co-2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1propane sulfonic acid) superabsorbent composite
Pb(II)
1485 mg/g
–
Langmuir
model
Zhu et al. (2014)
Cu(II)
294 mg/g
Ni(II)
303 mg/g
Montmorillonite–rice husk composite
Ni(II)
0.118 mmol/g
Pseudo-second order
Freundlich
Akpomie and
Dawodu (2015)
Mn(II)
0.056 mmol/g
Montmorillonite–N-isopropylacrylamide–sodium
2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate
Ni(II)
769.20 mg/g
–
Langmuir
model
Atta et al. (2015)
Co(II)
Montmorillonite–TiO
2 composite
Pb(II)
71.10 mg/g
–
Langmuir
model
Đukić et al.
(2015)
Cu(II)
42.90 mg/g
Zn(II)
15.40 mg/g
Cd(II)
13.80 mg/g
Fe
3 O
4 –montmorillonite nanocomposite
Pb(II)
263.15 mg/g
Pseudo-second order
Langmuir
model
Kalantari et al.
(2015)
Cu(II)
70.92 mg/g
Ni(II)
65.78 mg/g
L-Cystein-modified montmorillonite–immobilized
alginate nanocomposite
Cu(II)
100 mg/g
Pseudo-second order
Langmuir
model
Mittal et al.
(2015)
Pb(II)
111.11 mg/g
Ni(II)
125 mg/g
Lignocellulose–montmorillonite nanocomposite
Ni(II)
94.86 mg/g
Pseudo-second order
Langmuir
model
Zhang and Wang
(2015)
Cross-linked chitosan–montmorillonite hydrogel
composite
Cu(II)
240.68 mg/g
Pseudo-second order
Langmuir
model
Ngwabebhoh
et al. (2016)
Dextrin–oxalic acid/cetyltrimethylammonium
Pb(II)
0.898 mg/L
Pseudo-second order
Freundlich
model
Ahmad and Mirza
(2017)
Bromide–montmorillonite nanocomposite
L-Methionine montmorillonite encapsulated guar
gum-g-polyacrylonitrile copolymer hybrid
nanocomposite
Pb(II)
125 mg/g
Pseudo-second order
Langmuir
model
Ahmad and Hasan
(2017)
Cu(II)
90.91 mg/g
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4 Montmorillonite Clay Composite for Heavy Metal Removal from Water