Exploring molecular sieve capabilities of activated carbon fibers to reduce the impact of NOM preloading on trichloroethylene adsorption

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1321-1327

  Karanfil, Tanju ^a   Dastgheib, Seyed A ^a   Mauldin, Dina ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FIBERS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SIEVES; PORE SIZE;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBERS (ACF); GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM); TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE);

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON FIBER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; SORBENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; FIBERS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SIEVES; PORE SIZE;

FILTER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; POROSITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33144473422     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051285o     Document Type: Article

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