Evidence for a pore-filling mechanism in the adsorption of aromatic hydrocarbons to a natural wood char

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1212-1217

  Nguyen, Thanh H ^a,c   Cho, Hyun Hee ^a   Poster, Dianne L ^b   Ball, William P ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ISOTHERM MODELING; SORPTION ISOTHERMS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; NAPHTHALENE; OXYGEN; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHARCOAL; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAH; POROSITY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR SIZE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SOLID; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WOOD;

ADSORPTION; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; PINUS; POROSITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOOD;

EID: 33847211834     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0617845     Document Type: Article

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