“…Over time, many approaches have been reported for production of composite-based adsorbents. Most of the techniques applied to enhance adsorption , chitosanbased semi-IPN hydrogel composites (Zhao et al, 2012), Sodium alginate/Na + -rectorite composite (Yang et al, 2012), cobalt-hectorite composite , poly (vinyl alcohol)/chitosan composites , Polyaniline/chitosan composite (Janaki et al, 2012), hydroxyapatite/chitosan composite (Hou et al, 2012), PVA hydrogels, and PVA/AC composite (Sandeman et al, 2011), alginate/titania nanoparticle composite (Mahmoodi et al, 2011), AC/ferrospinel composite (Ai and Jiang, 2010) and magnetic cellulose/Fe 3 O 4 /activated carbon composite (Zhu et al, 2011a) to name a few. Interestingly, most of the composite adsorbents derivatives were synthesized based on availability, localized source, exhibits higher ion exchange properties and held the advantages of cross linking selectivity.…”