Effect of Surface Area, Micropores, Secondary Micropores, and Mesopores Volumes of Activated Carbons on Reactive Dyes Adsorption from Solution

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-111

  Al Degs, Yahya S ^a   El Barghouthi, Musa I ^a   Khraisheh, Majeda A ^b   Ahmad, Mohammed N ^b   Allen, Stephen J ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Meso and micropores; N2 adsorption isotherms; Reactive dyes

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DYES; MICROPOROSITY; TEXTILES;

REACTIVE DYES ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON; DYE; NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DYE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; REACTIVE SEPARATION; REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTRACTION; ISOTHERM; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

ADSORPTION; DYE REMOVAL; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; REACTIVE DYE; SURFACE MODIFICATION;

EID: 1342300568     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ss-120027403     Document Type: Article

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