Adsorption of heavy metals from aqueous solutions onto activated carbon in single Cu and Ni systems and in binary Cu-Ni, Cu-Cd and Cu-Zn systems

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Seco, Aurora ^a   Marzal, Paula ^a   Gabaldón, Carmen ^a   Ferrer, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Heavy metals; Surface complex formation; Triple layer model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; PH; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BINARY MIXTURES; HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS; PH; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BINARY METAL SYSTEMS; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION EFFECTS; SURFACE COMPLEX FORMATION; TRIPLE LAYER MODEL;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; HEAVY METALS;

EID: 0030617408     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199701)68:1<23::AID-JCTB595>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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