Methylene blue and iodine adsorption onto an activated desert plant

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8441-8444

  Bestani, B ^a   Benderdouche, N ^a   Benstaali, B ^b   Belhakem, M ^a   Addou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAGANEM   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Iodine number; Methylene blue; Salsola vermiculata; Zinc chloride activation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ALGERIA (COUNTRY); ELSEVIER (CO); INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; IODINE ADSORPTION; METHYLENE BLUE (MB); ORGANIC MOLECULES; SOUTHWEST (CO); ZINC CHLORIDES;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; IODINE; METHYLENE BLUE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DESERT; DYE; EFFLUENT; HERB; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT; PYROLYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SALSOLA; SALSOLA VERMICULATA; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; DESERT CLIMATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IODINE; KINETICS; METHYLENE BLUE; SALSOLA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

SALSOLA VERMICULATA;

EID: 47749095401     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.02.053     Document Type: Article

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