Saw dust and neem bark as low-cost natural biosorbent for adsorptive removal of Zn(II) and Cd(II) ions from aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-79

  Naiya, Tarun Kumar ^a   Chowdhury, Pankaj ^a   Bhattacharya, Ashim Kumar ^a   Das, Sudip Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Adsorption capacities; Cadmium(II); Functional groups; Isotherm; Kinetics; Low cost; Metal binding process; Neem bark; Saw dust; Zinc(II)

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; BINDING ENERGY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COSTS; DUST; DYES; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ISOTHERMS; MASS TRANSFER; METAL IONS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; SOLUTIONS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORBENT DOSAGES; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; ADSORPTIVE REMOVALS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOSORBENT; CD ADSORPTIONS; CONTACT TIME; DUBININ-RADUSHKEVICH; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTIONS; FT-IR STUDIES; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODELS; LOW-COST; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; METAL BINDING PROCESS; METAL ION CONCENTRATIONS; MONOLAYER ADSORPTIONS; NATURAL ADSORBENTS; NEEM BARK; OPTIMUM PH; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS;

ADSORPTION;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 60949084555     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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