Uptake of mercury (II) from wastewater by activated carbon from an unwanted agricultural solid by-product: Coirpith

Carbon

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-84

  Namasivayam, C ^a   Kadirvelu, K ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Activated carbon; B. Carbonization; C. Adsorption; D. Adsorption properties

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BYPRODUCTS; CARBONIZATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DESORPTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COIRPITH; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

EID: 0032762569     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(98)00189-4     Document Type: Article

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