Adsorption of Heavy Metals on Activated Carbons (A Review)

M. D. Vedenyapina^a^,*, A. Yu. Kurmysheva^a^,^b^,**, S. A. Kulaishin^a^,***, and Yu. G. Kryazhev^c^,****

^aZelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia

^bMoscow Polytechnic University, Moscow, 107023 Russia

^cCenter of New Chemical Technologies, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Omsk, 644040 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: mvedenyapina@yandex.ru
Correspondence to: **e-mail: aukurm@gmail.com
Correspondence to: ***e-mail: s.kulaishin@mail.ru
Correspondence to: ****e-mail: carbonfibre@yandex.ru

Received 5 September, 2020

Abstract—Recent developments in the use of activated carbons (ACs) of various geneses for wastewater treatment to remove copper, nickel, cadmium, and lead ions, which most frequently occur in industrial and municipal wastewaters, are summarized.

Keywords: activated carbon, adsorption, characteristics of sorbents, heavy metal ions, wastewater treatment

DOI: 10.3103/S0361521921020099