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A Perspective on Environmental and Disposal Assessment of Magnetic Sorbents

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While adsorption is an age-old technique for the treatment of contaminated water, the involvement of magnetic phase separation is relatively new. Magnetism in adsorbents (or magnetic adsorbents) has eased the recovery of micro/nano-adsorbents post-adsorption. Magnetic adsorbents could lower the operation time/cost and improve the overall efficacy of the adsorption process. In this book, most of the chapters have highlighted the use of magnetic adsorbents in water remediation applications. This chapter is focused on the regeneration strategies and disposal assessment of magnetic adsorbents and eluents post-exhaustion. Moreover, the chapter has been updated with some accounts of repurposing strategies for exhausted magnetic adsorbents.

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  1. Department of Environmental Research, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, 34113, Korea

    Nishesh Kumar Gupta

  2. Department of Environmental Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), Goyang, 10223, Korea

    Nishesh Kumar Gupta

  3. School of Engineering Practice and Technology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada

    Herlys Viltres

  4. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Mexico City, Mexico

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Gupta, N.K., Viltres, H., Leyva, C. (2024). A Perspective on Environmental and Disposal Assessment of Magnetic Sorbents. In: Sahoo, H., Sahoo, J.K. (eds) Iron Oxide-Based Nanocomposites and Nanoenzymes. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44599-6_9

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