Novel Environmental Sorbents and Methods for their Characterization

New chitosan modified with epichlohydrin and bidentate Schiff base applied to removal of Pb2+ and Cd2+ ions

“…[9] Therefore, removing these heavy metal ions from the environment and wastewater [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] is one of the most important goals of today's society. Until now, many attempts such as ion exchange, [29][30][31] membrane process, [32][33][34] flocculation, [22] and adsorption [20,21,23] have been made to remove heavy metal ions from aqueous solution. The absorption process is the best method due to its simplicity, low cost, and high efficiency.…”