Table 1 Percentage of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen and the C/N ratio for the chitosan-silica composite
From: Synthesis and adsorption properties of chitosan-silica nanocomposite prepared by sol-gel method
Adsorbent | C (%) | H (%) | N (%) | C/N ratio | Reference |
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Chitosan | 40.72 | 7.25 | 7.33 | 5.55 | [5] |
Chitosan-silica composite | 8.71 | 8.00 | 0.38 | 22.92 | This article |