Competitive adsorption between atrazine and methylene blue on activated carbon: The importance of pore size distribution

Carbon

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1423-1436

  Pelekani, Costas ^a   Snoeyink, Vernon L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON FIBERS; DESORPTION; DYES; PHENOLIC RESINS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBERS (ACF); ATRAZINES; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROPOLLUTANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 0033720628     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(99)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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