Adsorption of fluorobenzene onto granular activated carbon: Isotherm and bioavailability studies

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3424-3430

  Carvalho, M F ^a   Duque, A F ^a   Goncalves I C ^a   Castro, P M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Bioavailability; Bioregeneration; Fluorobenzene; Granular activated carbon

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; MICROORGANISMS;

BIOREGENERATION; FLUOROBENZENE; LANGMUIR MODEL;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

CARBON; FLUOROBENZENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; MICROORGANISMS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; DESORPTION; EQUATION OF STATE; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ISOTHERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUOROBENZENES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548205731     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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