New treatment method for boron in aqueous solutions using Mg–Al layered double hydroxide: Kinetics and equilibrium studies

•NO3·Mg–Al LDHs and Cl·Mg–Al LDHs could take up boron from aqueous solutions.•Boron was removed by anion exchange of B(OH)4− with intercalated NO3− and Cl−.•The residual concentration of B was less than the effluent standards in Japan.•The removal of B was well described by a pseudo second-order kin...

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