Effects of electrochemical treatment of granular activated carbon on surface acid groups and the adsorptive capacity for phenol

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2171-2176

  Mehta, Mihir P ^a   Flora, Joseph R V ^a  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Electrochemical treatment; Granular activated carbon (GAC); Phenol; Surface acid groups

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PHENOLS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TITRATION;

POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; SURFACE ACID GROUPS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; PHENOL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031239749     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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