Fig 1.
Circular economy approach of sawdust material.
Fig 2.
Bibliometric analysis mapping over the previous two decades based on overlay density image based on sawdust in wastewater treatment.
Table 1.
Pharmaceuticals elimination through various cost-effective substances.
Table 2.
Various sawdust-based adsorbents for different wastewater types.
Fig 3.
Schematic representation of M:SD preparation steps to be an adsorbent.
Fig 4.
X-ray diffraction of different adsorbents: (a) M, (b) SD, (c) M:SD (1:1), (d) M:SD (1:2), (e) M:SD (1:3), (f) M:SD (1:5) and (g) M:SD (2:1).
Fig 5.
SEM micrographs and EDX images of a) pristine SEM M, b) pristine SD SEM, c) SEM and d) EDX of M:SD (1:1), e) SEM of M:SD (1:2), f) SEM M:SD (1:3), g) SEM and h) EDX M:SD (1:5) and i) SEM M:SD (2:1).
Fig 6.
TEM micrographs of a) pristine M, b) pristine SD and c) composite of M:SD (2:1).
Fig 7.
Magnetic properties through VSM of M:SD (2:1) composite.
Fig 8.
The influence of adsorption contact time on the uptake of acetaminophen was examined using various adsorbents based on sawdust.
Fig 9.
Effect of acetaminophen concentration on the adsorption capacity.
Fig 10.
Effect of various adsorption parameters on the acetaminophen adsorption capacity (a) adsorbent dose, (b) pH and (c) on adsorption capacity of different saw dust/magnetite composite substances.
Table 3.
Isotherm parameters for Procion Blue adsorption on different AS-Sorbents.
Table 4.
List of kinetic models parameters for acetaminophen adsorption by various adsorbents.
Fig 11.
Regeneration for successive use of sawdust/magnetite composite.