“…Granular activated carbon is the most preferable adsorbent and has been used successfully in adsorption processes (McKay, 1982), but is expensive in comparison with other sorbents. Consequently, many investigators have studied alternatively the possibility of using low cost substances, such as: chitin , chitosan (Wong et al, 2008), perlite (Doğan and Alkan, 2003), natural clay (El-Geundi, 1991; El-Geundi 1993), bagasse pith (McKay et al, 1987;McKay et al, 1988;Nassar et al, 1996), coal fly ash Mall et al (1996), and Bailey et al (1999) have presented a critical review of low cost adsorbents for waste and wastewater treatment.…”