The adsorptive capacity of vapor-phase mercury chloride onto powdered activated carbon derived from waste tires

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1558-1566

  Lin, Hsun Yu ^a   Yuan, Chung Shin ^a   Wu, Chun Hsin ^a   Hung, Chung Hsuang ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISORPTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMPURITIES; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TIRES;

ADSORPTION COLUMN TESTS; ADSORPTIVE CAPACITY; AIR POLLUTANTS; MERCURY CHLORIDE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON (PAC); RESIDENCE TIME;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; SULFUR;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRICITY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; INCINERATION; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 33846035349     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464562     Document Type: Article

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