Table 1 A quantitative comparison of the surface area and porosity of Micron-sized porous particles-Cal with those of other biosorbents previously reported for methylene blue adsorption presented in tabular form.

From: Sustainable methylene blue dye removal via bio-derived micro/micron-sized porous particles Zygophyllum coccineum and Calotropis procera: A machine learning-assisted study

Adsorbent

Surface Area (m²/g)

Pore volume (cm3/ g)

Reference

Micron-sized porous particles-Cal

86.91

0.0104

Current study

Iron Impregnated Micron-sized porous particles clay:

73.11

15

(Tarekegn et al., 2021).

Micron-sized porous particles Zero Valent Iron (nZVI)

47.13

0.119

(Tarekegn et al., 2021).

Porous CeB6

64.14

0.132

(Hang et al., 2018).

Coconut Shell Activated Carbon (with nps)

42.953

High microporosity

(Xia et al., 2019)

Sugarcane Bagasse (SBNa)

74.2

Moderately porous

(Ebelegi, et al., 2023)

Mesoporous activated carbon (longan seed)

1,773

0.474

(Lawtae P, and Tangsathitkulchai, 2021)

Coal fly ash-derived mesoporous silica (CFA-MS)

2.0

0.49

(Yuan et al., 2019)

Natural biosorbent (wheat waste)

27.3

0.010

(Güleç, et al., 2023)