Table 6 Competitive phenol adsorption from the real industrial wastewater using lead ferrite-MAC and pristine AC.
Parameters | Ci (μg/L) | Cf (μg/L) | Removal efficiency (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC | Lead ferrite-MAC | AC | Lead ferrite-MAC | ||
Phenol | 98.83 | 19.32 | 4.12 | 80.45 | 95.83 |
Copper | 23.76 | 6.12 | 3.23 | 74.24 | 86.41 |
Chromium | 9.7 | 2.11 | 1.12 | 78.25 | 88.45 |
Nickel | 12.67 | 4.03 | 1.27 | 68.19 | 89.98 |
Zinc | 7.83 | 2.01 | 0.93 | 74.33 | 88.12 |
Cobalt | 10.04 | 2.12 | 1.22 | 78.88 | 87.85 |
Manganese | 7.32 | 1.98 | Not detected | 72.95 | 100.00 |
Arsenic | 5.1 | 0.92 | Not detected | 81.96 | 100.00 |
