The sodium alginate-hydroxyapatite-CNT nanocomposite beads were prepared.
Amide functionalized CNT imprinted in the network of sodium alginate containing HAp.
The prepared beads were used as adsorbents of cobalt ions from an aqueous solution.
The adsorption was fit with the Freundlich isotherm and second-order kinetic models.
The endothermic adsorption process is spontaneous and thermodynamically favorable.