Trivalent chromium removal from wastewater using low cost activated carbon derived from agricultural waste material and activated carbon fabric cloth

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 280-295

  Mohan, Dinesh ^a   Singh, Kunwar P ^a   Singh, Vinod K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Activated carbons; Adsorption; Chromium removal; Low cost adsorbents; Tannery wastewater; Trivalent chromium; Utilization of agricultural waste materials; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CHROMIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHROMIUM REMOVAL; LOW COST ADSORBENTS; TANNERY WASTEWATER; TRIVALENT CHROMIUM; UTILIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE MATERIALS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; CHROMIUM;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CHROMIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHROMIUM; DYE; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COCONUT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENTROPY; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; ISOTHERM; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT FIBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEXTILE FIBER; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILES; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANT RESIDUES;

EID: 33646840650     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.11.075     Document Type: Article

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