Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons onto activated carbon from non-aqueous media: 1. the influence of the organic solvent polarity

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3609-3622

  Dowaidar, A M ^a   El Shahawi, M S ^b   Ashour, I ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Equilibrium isotherms; Non aqueous media; PAHs adsorption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EQUILIBRIUM ISOTHERMS; NON-AQUEOUS MEDIA;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; HYDROCARBON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT;

EID: 38149079870     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390701626537     Document Type: Article

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