A new model for the description of adsorption kinetics in heterogeneous activated carbon

Carbon

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1539-1554

  Do, D D ^a   Wang, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Activated carbon; C. adsorption; D. Diffusion; D. equilibria; D. kinetics; D. porosity; D. reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001129718     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(98)00145-6     Document Type: Article

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