Chromium(VI) removal from aqueous system using Helianthus annuus (sunflower) stem waste

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 365-372

  Jain, Monika ^a   Garg, V K ^a   Kadirvelu, K ^b  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Chromium; Formaldehyde; Isotherm; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DYES; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ISOTHERMS; METAL RECOVERY; REMOVAL; VEGETATION;

ADSORBATE CONCENTRATIONS; ADSORBENT DOSAGES; ADSORBENT DOSES; AQUEOUS SYSTEMS; BATCH MODES; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHROMIUM REMOVALS; CONTACT TIMES; DIFFERENT PROCESSES; DILUTE SOLUTIONS; ECONOMICAL METHODS; FREUNDLICH; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUMS; IR SPECTRUM; LANGMUIR; METAL REMOVALS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL OF CHROMIUMS; SOLUTION PH; SUNFLOWER; SUNFLOWER STEMS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ADSORBENT; CHROMIUM 51; FORMALDEHYDE; METAL;

ADSORPTION; CHROMIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; HERB; ISOTHERM; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; STEM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUNFLOWER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; FORMALDEHYDE; HELIANTHUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLANT STEMS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 57349094072     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.048     Document Type: Article

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