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Table 5 Concentrations of the metals in the wastewater after remediation with the synthesized nanomaterials.

From: Evaluation and remediation protocol of selected organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in industrial wastewater using nanoparticles (NPs) in Nigeria

Wastewaters	Initial concentrations (mg L⁻¹)			Nanoparticles and metal removal (mg L⁻¹)
	Initial concentrations (mg L⁻¹)			BioMag-CMC			MagNPs-CMC			BioMag			MagNPs
	Cd	Cr	Pb	Cd	Cr	Pb	Cd	Cr	Pb	Cd	Cr	Pb	Cd	Cr	Pb
PCUWA	0.052 ± 0.021^a	0.024 ± 0.008^a	0.026 ± 0.011^a	0.003	0.005	0.0008	0.012	0.005	0.0001	0.009	0.007	0.0005	0.006	0.003	0.0011
TUWK	0.022 ± 0.015^b	0.033 ± 0.016^a	0.019 ± 0.008^a	0.013	0.004	0.0007	0.015	0.008	0.0009	0.003	0.004	0.0010	0.016	0.002	0.0013
SUWK	0.008 ± 0.003^c	0.012 ± 0.005^b	0.009 ± 0.007^b	0.006	0.008	0.0014	0.003	0.007	0.0011	0.002	0.009	0.0006	0.004	0.007	0.0006
MUWA	0.013 ± 0.006^c	0.011 ± 0.003^b	0.016 ± 0.012^a	0.012	0.006	0.0011	0.013	0.011	0.0009	0.011	0.002	0.0014	0.010	0.008	0.0018
PTWK	0.011 ± 0.002^c	0.040 ± 0.016^c	0.019 ± 0.008^a	0.008	0.010	0.0009	0.005	0.008	0.0011	0.007	0.014	0.0016	0.006	0.010	0.0008
TUKW	0.009 ± 0.004^c	0.039 ± 0.009^c	0.023 ± 0.011^a	0.005	0.012	0.0060	0.003	0.009	0.0016	0.002	0.012	0.0039	0.004	0.018	0.0022
BTWR	0.028 ± 0.013^b	0.022 ± 0.010^a	0.049 ± 0.027^c	0.010	0.006	0.0005	0.008	0.007	0.0008	0.005	0.011	0.0011	0.005	0.010	0.0008
PUWA	0.056 ± 0.010^a	0.015 ± 0.008^a	0.012 ± 0.006^b	0.009	0.001	0.0010	0.004	0.009	0.0012	0.015	0.011	0.0011	0.010	0.004	0.0016
PTK	0.008 ± 0.003^c	0.027 ± 0.021^a	0.015 ± 0.008^a	0.007	0.009	0.0023	0.009	0.003	0.0015	0.005	0.006	0.0024	0.004	0.007	0.0022
FTWR	0.021 ± 0.009^b	0.018 ± 0.009^b	0.034 ± 0.013^a	0.004	0.009	0.0010	0.003	0.004	0.0015	0.003	0.002	0.0009	0.009	0.002	0.0012
FCTWE	0.035 ± 0.012^d	0.012 ± 0.004^b	0.029 ± 0.015^a	0.011	0.005	0.0007	0.004	0.009	0.0008	0.009	0.002	0.0010	0.007	0.007	0.0005
CMTWM	0.035 ± 0.019^d	0.635 ± 0.240^d	2.215 ± 0.841^c	0.005	0.007	0.0006	0.011	0.009	0.0010	0.008	0.007	0.0009	0.006	0.004	0.0007
CTWA	0.053 ± 0.028^a	0.616 ± 0.095^d	1.587 ± 0.603^c	0.006	0.005	0.0012	0.004	0.008	0.0004	0.005	0.008	0.0014	0.002	0.004	0.0005

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