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Among various water purification and recycling technologies, adsorption is a fast, inexpensive and universal method. The development of low-cost adsorbents has led to the rapid growth of research interests in this field. The present protocol describes salient features of adsorption and details experimental methodologies for the development and characterization of low-cost adsorbents, water treatment and recycling using adsorption technology including batch processes and column operations. The protocol describes the development of inexpensive adsorbents from waste materials, which takes only 1–2 days, and an adsorption process taking 15–120 min for the removal of pollutants. The applications of batch and column processes are discussed, along with suggestions to make this technology more popular and applicable.
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Ali, I., Gupta, V. Advances in water treatment by adsorption technology. Nat Protoc 1, 2661–2667 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2006.370
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