The presence of alumina in the natural aquatic environments increases its applications in drinking and wastewater purification, in ceramics due to the interactions with organic and inorganic ions. The chemistry of alumina reactions in water is complex. The adsorption ability of alumina might be influenced by surface characteristics of the adsorbent (surface properties, density and pore volume, pore distribution, porosity, pH_PZC) as well as by the ionic strength, the pH of the solution, and the physiochemical properties of adsorbents.

alumina, surface charge, point of zero charge, acid-base titration method