Performance of waste activated carbon as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of anionic surfactant from aquatic environment

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-397

  Gupta, Sandeep ^a   Pal, Anjali ^a   Kumar Ghosh, Pranab ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Manas ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Anionic surfactant; Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS); Waste activated carbon (WAC)

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; DESALINATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTES;

WASTE ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CALCIUM ION; CARBON; CHLORIDE ION; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFATE; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; ANION EXCHANGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARBON UTILIZATION; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; COST; DESORPTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0037222302     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-120016902     Document Type: Article

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