Acid‐activated spent bleaching earth as a sorbent for chromium (vi) in aqueous solution

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Low, K S ^a   Lee, C K ^a   Lee, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chromium(vi); Sorption; Spent bleaching earth

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BLEACHING; CLEANING; MONOLAYERS; NEGATIVE IONS; PALM OIL; SORPTION; SULFURIC ACID;

ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; MONOLAYER COVERAGE; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; SPENT BLEACHING EARTH; TREATMENT PROCESS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACID; ANION; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; EDETIC ACID; MONTMORILLONITE; NITRATE; PALM OIL; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHATE; SORBENT; SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID;

BLEACHING;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTHERM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037236857     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330309385551     Document Type: Article

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