Sorbent pH Temperature (°C) Adsorption Capacity (mg phosphate/g) Reference
Fe-EDA-SAMMS 5.0 25 156.3 This work
Fe-EDA-SAMMS 5.0 25 43.3 [20]
NH3+ on MCM-48 N/A 25 47.8 [21]
Fe-EDA on SBA-15 N/A 35 63.4 [22]
Fe-EDA on MCM-41 7.0 25 51.8 [23]
La-EDA on MCM-41 7.0 25 54.3 [24]
Magnetic Fe-Zr binary oxide 4.0 25 41.8 [15]
Chitosan hydrogel 5.0 25 88.4 [18]
Table 1: Performance comparison of previously reported phosphate removal sorbents in DI water.