Data on the use of sorbents to control pollution in Europe, with main focus on Spain and Galicia

Abstract In this chapter, we show results corresponding to the publications found by the searching tools Google Scholar and Web of Science on the subject “sorbents controlling pollution” for Europe, and then specifically for Spain, and for Galicia. Google Scholar shows a clearly higher number of results in all searches, whereas Web of Science provided numbers that were clearly insufficient (more specifically, in the search focusing on Galicia). This fact could be relevant for all those working with searching tools focused on sciences, to be aware of substantial limitations affecting to them, with clear differences from one to another. In addition, a selection of the main papers published by the authors of the chapter on the subject, in previous years is also included. Overall, a trend to increase is found for publications on the matter in Europe, Spain, and Galicia, with a variety of soils and different sorbent materials covered including low-cost sorbents.