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1 Synthesis of Activated Carbons for Heavy Metals Removal . . . . . . . .
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Babatunde Oladipo, Taiwo H. Ibrahim, Sheriff O. Ajala,
Aramide M. Akintunde, Abiola E. Taiwo, and Eriola Betiku
2 Polymer Absorbents for Heavy Metal Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Aneela Sabir, Rida Batool, Faizah Altaf, Muhammad Shafiq,
Rafi Ullah Khan, and Karl I. Jacob
3 Metal Oxyhydroxide Composites for Halogens
and Metalloid Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Esmeralda Vences-Alvarez, Cesar Nieto-Delgado,
and Jose Rene Rangel- Mendez
4 Montmorillonite Clay Composite for Heavy Metal
Removal from Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Jülide Hızal and Mesut Yılmazoğlu
5 Cellulose-Based Adsorbents for Heavy Metal Removal . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Soma Nag and Swarup Biswas
6 Recovery of Heavy Metals by Membrane Adsorbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Yilmaz Yurekli
7 Metal Hexacyanoferrate Absorbents for Heavy Metal Removal . . . . 171
Mario Berrettoni, Angelo Mullaliu, and Marco Giorgetti
8 Agricultural Waste Absorbents for Heavy Metal Removal . . . . . . . . . 195
Aneela Sabir, Faizah Altaf, Rida Batool, Muhammad Shafiq,
Rafi Ullah Khan, and Karl I. Jacob
9 Biosorption of Metal Ions Present in Industrial Wastewater . . . . . . . 229
Dhanya Vishnu, Kannappan Panchamoorthy Gopinath,
and Balaji Dhandapani