Composites: Types, method of preparation and application as an emerging tool for environmental remediation

Pollution is one of the major problems in most of the developing and developed countries. Water pollution remains a source of constant concern for environmentalists. With the growth of industrialization and globalization this issue is rising day by day. Several types of methods and materials have been used to avoid these problems, but often the methods proved to be useless in the absence of proper method and materials. In order to streamline these methods such as ion exchange, membrane filtration and adsorption, continuous new types of effort and materials are being made. In the material used so far, the best features of composite materials have come out, which has opened a new door in the field of treatment technologies. Composite is made up of different types of material having unique properties. The combination of different desired material is required to obtain the desired results in the composites thus resultant composites prove to be highly advance, unique and beneficial. In this chapter, we have discussed the different types of composite materials, and their preparation strategies and applications. The detail study on matrix and reinforced material based composites, and green composites have been conducted. This chapter will definitely be the preferred choice of environmentalists.