Dear Mahesh.All the sorbents ...

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Dear Mahesh.

All the sorbents adsorb elemental mercury through three mechanisms:

  1. Physic sorption,
  2. Chemisorption and
  3. Amalgamation.
  1. Graphene Oxide used for absorption.
  2. Activated Carbon used but it is expensive. Sorbent(zeolite, bentonite) can be used OR Nano-structured zinc sulfide (Nano-ZnS)
  3. S-Zeolite sorbent efficiency  comparable with a commercial ACs for Hg capture

The most general used sorbents include activated carbon (ACs)/treated ACs, calcium based sorbents, petroleum coke and zeolites. All of these sorbents capture elemental mercury or catalyse mercury oxidization by means of active surface chemicals.

Regards,

Prem Baboo