Adsorption of Hg(II) ions from aqueous chloride solutions using powdered activated carbons

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1087-1092

  Ranganathan, K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

A. Activated carbon; B. Activation; C. Adsorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS;

POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 0037255671     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00002-2     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Environmental health criteria 1. Mercury. 1976;World Health Organization, Geneva.
2. Tolerance limits for industrial effluents prescribed by Indian Standards Institution IS: 2490. 1981.
3. Technologies for pollution control: Industry. Parivesh Newsletter. 6:1999;. ISSN: 0971-6025.
4. Chiarle S., Ratto M., Rovatti M. Mercury removal from water by ion-exchange resins adsorption. Water Res. 34:(11):2000;2971-2978.
5. Ritter J.A., Bibler J.P. Removal of mercury from wastewater - Large scale performance of an ion-exchange process. Water Sci Technol. 25:(3):1992;165-172.
6. Sorg T.J. Treatment technology to meet the interim primary drinking water regulations for inorganics: part 4. J Am Water Works Assoc. 71:1979;454-466.
7. Huang C.P., Blankenship D.W. The removal of Hg(II) by dilute aqueous solution by activated carbon. Water Res. 18:1984;37-46.
8. McKay G., Bino M.J., Altamemi A.R. The adsorption of various pollutants from aqueous solutions on to activated carbon. Water Res. 19:1985;491-495.
9. Ma X., Subramanian K.S., Chakrabarti C.L., Guo R., Cheng J., Lu Y., Pickering L.F.J. Removal of trace mercury(II) from drinking water: sorption by granular activated carbon. J Environ Sci Health A. 27:1992;1389-1404.
10. Periyasamy K., Namasivayam C. Removal of mercury ions using peanut hull carbon. Water Res. 27:1993;1663-1669.
11. Srinivasan K., Balasubramanian N., Ramakrishna T.V. Studies on chromium removal by rice husk carbon. Indian J Environ Health. 30:1988;376-387.
12. Namasivayam C., Kadirvelu K. Uptake of mercury(II) from wastewater by activated carbon from an unwanted agricultural solid by-product. Carbon. 37:1997;79-84.
13. Ranganathan K. Chromium removal by activated carbons prepared from Casurina equisetifolia leaves. Biores Technol. 73:(2):2000;99-103.
14. Methods of sampling and test for activated carbon, powder and granular IS 877. 1977.
15. Ramakrishna T.V., Aravamudan G., Vijayakumar M. Spectrophotometric determination of mercury(II) as the ternary complex with Rhodamine 6G and iodide. Anal Chim Acta. 84:1976;369.
16. Namasivayam C., Kadirvelu K. Activated carbon prepared from coirpith by physical and chemical activation methods. Biores Technol. 62:1997;123-127.
17. Namasivayam C., Ranganathan K. Removal of Cd(II) from waste water by adsorption on waste Fe(III)/Cr(III) hydroxide. Water Res. 29:1995;1737-1744.
18. Thiem L., Badorek D., O'Connor J.T. Removal of mercury from drinking water using activated carbon. J Am Water Works Assoc. 68:1976;447-451.
19. Huang C.P. Chemical interactions between inorganics and activated carbon. Chermisinooff P.N., Elterbusch F. Carbon adsorption handbook. 1978;Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, MI.
20. Ansari M.H., Deshkar A.M., Kelkar P.S., Dharmadhikari D.M., Hasan M.Z., Pramasivam R. Mercury removal from wastewater by steamed hoof powder. Water Sci Technol. 40:1999;109-116.
21. Zhang J., Bishop P.L. Stabilization/solidification(s/s) of mercury-containing wastes using reactivated carbon and Portland cement. J Hazard Mater. B92:2002;199-212.
22. McComish M.F., Ong J.H. Trace elements. Bodek I., Lyman W.J., Reehl W.F., Rosenblatt D.H. Mercury in environmental inorganic chemistry. Properties, process and estimation methods. 1988;7102-71017 Pergamon Press, New York.
23. Hoell W.H., Horst J. Description of sorption equilibrium for ions onto activated carbon using the surface complexation theory. Water Sci Technol. 35:(7):1997;287-294.
24. Muthukumaran K. Studies on chemically activated carbon for the removal of trace inorganics from water. PhD thesis, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India, 1995.
25. Reimers R.S., Krenkel P.A. Kinetics of mercury adsorption and desorption in sediments. J Water Pollut Control Fed. 46:1974;352-365.
26. Feick G., Johanson E.E., Yeaple D.S. Control of mercury contamination in freshwater sediments. Environmental protection technology series. 1972;EPA, Washington, DC. EPA-R2-72-077.