Adsorption characteristics of Cu and Ni on Irish peat moss

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 954-960

  Sen Gupta, B ^a   Curran, M ^a   Hasan, Shameem ^b   Ghosh, T K ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Breakthrough curve; Cu; Isotherms; Ni; Peat moss

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BINARY MIXTURES; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; NICKEL; PEAT;

ACTIVE SITE; ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTIC; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CONCENTRATION RANGES; CU; DYNAMIC CONDITION; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; LOW-COST ADSORBENTS; NI; PEAT MOSS;

ADSORPTION;

COPPER ION; EDETIC ACID; LIGNIN; NICKEL;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; COPPER; DESORPTION; ISOTHERM; MOSS; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PEAT; PH;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; DYNAMICS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ISOTHERM; METAL BINDING; PH; SPHAGNUM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 56249131471     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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