Single-Step Synthesis of Magnesium-Doped Lithium Manganese Oxide Nanosorbent and Their Polymer Composite Beads for Selective Heavy Metal Removal.

Magnesium-doped lithium manganese oxide nanosorbent is prepared by a single-step solid-state method and characterized with appropriate analytical techniques, adsorption kinetic model, and isotherms. Competitive and noncompetitive adsorption studies are performed for a range of heavy metal ions. Prepared nanosorbent has shown explicit selectivity for various heavy metal ions and no remarkable influence of coexisting common interfering ions (Na, K, Mg, and Ca), which generally coexist with all natural sources of water, contaminated water, and industrial waste.