Simple synthesis of mesoporous ferrite materials as magnetic adsorbents for phosphate removal

According to the batch experiments, the adsorption isotherms and the adsorption kinetics for these mesoporous materials are well fitted with the nonlinear Langmuir model and the nonlinear pseudo-second-order model, respectively. Among them, CuFe2O4 powder showed the best phosphate adsorption performance with the maximum P adsorption capacity of 27.49 mgP g-1 , which can be assigned to the highest surface area and the high pH value at its point of zero charge.