Adsorption of Hg (II) ions from water by activated carbons

Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-83

  Meenakshi, Goyal ^a   Amutha, R ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PEC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Langmuir equation; Surface groups; Surface interactions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATION; ISOTHERM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION;

EID: 42149169051     PISSN: 09720626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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