Aerosil A-380 (Evonik Degussa GmbH, Essen, Germany), magnesium acetate tetrahydrate, Mg(CH3COO)2·4H2O (ACS reagent, ≥98%, Merck, KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), manganese(II) acetate tetrahydrate, Mn(CH3COO)2·4H2O, (99.99%, Sigma-Aldrich, KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), nickel(II) acetate tetrahydrate, Ni(CH3COO)2·4H2O (98%, Sigma-Aldrich), copper(II) acetate hydrate, Cu(CH3COO)2·H2O, zinc acetate dehydrate, Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O (ACS reagent, ≥98%, Sigma-Aldrich), resorcinol (99.9%, Chimlaborreativ, Brovary, Ukraine) and a 37% aqueous solution of formaldehyde ((stabilized with about 10% methanol) for synthesis, Sigma-Aldrich) were used in the synthesis of composites. Double-distilled water was used as the solvent. In the adsorption experiment, 4-nitrophenol and 4-chlorophenol, delivered by Merck (Darmstadt, Germany), were used as adsorbates.
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