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Remediation of Environmental Pollutants Using Nanoclays

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Nanoscience and Plant–Soil Systems

Part of the book series: Soil Biology ((SOILBIOL,volume 48))

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Nanoclays and clay minerals as the sorbents with unique structure have several applications. These sorbents are mostly cheaper than other materials and considered as the environmental friendly sorbents. Nanoclays can be used to remove and/or stabilize various pollutants in the environment. However, their efficiency depends on their structure as well as properties of pollutants and environmental conditions. They have also a high potential to be used in combination with other sorbents or other remediation approaches. In this chapter not only the basic structure, characteristics, and type of clay minerals are presented, but also their applications in removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from air, water, and soil media are discussed.

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Soleimani, M., Amini, N. (2017). Remediation of Environmental Pollutants Using Nanoclays. In: Ghorbanpour, M., Manika, K., Varma, A. (eds) Nanoscience and Plant–Soil Systems. Soil Biology, vol 48. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46835-8_9

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