“…In general, the composites prepared with the resin Dowex 50 WX4 were the most efficient in the removal of Ni(II), Cu(II), Cd(II) and Pb(II), showing an adsorption capacity of 384, 416, 398 and 380 mg/g, respectively [45]. These values are higher than the data registered for other composites obtained from carbon nanotubes [34], α-cellulose [40], chitosan [41][42][43], silica [53], starch [54] and different types of biomass such as waste orange peel, pine bark and Cyclosorus interruptus (see Table 3) [33,50,55]. Additionally, it is relevant to mention that for the removal of Cr(VI), the composite obtained with poly(vinylidene fluoride) shows the higher adsorption capacity (1423.4 mg/g) in comparison with the samples prepared from chitosan (46 mg/g), cotton (3.74 mg/g) and Dowex 50 WX4 resin (400 mg/g) [41,44,45].…”