Removal of chromium(VI) from wastewater by activated carbon developed from Tamarind wood activated with zinc chloride

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-39

  Acharya, Jyotikusum ^a   Sahu, J N ^b   Sahoo, B K ^b   Mohanty, C R ^c   Meikap, B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Orissa State Pollution Control Board   (India)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Chemical activation; Chromium removal; Wastewater treatment; Zinc chloride

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; ADSORPTION STUDIES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; EQUILIBRIUM DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFERS; FILM DIFFUSIONS; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; FREUNDLICH MODELS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LANGMUIR ISOTHERMS; LANGMUIR MODELS; OVERALL RATES; PARTICLE DIFFUSIONS; PORE DIFFUSIONS; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER KINETICS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; REMOVAL OF CHROMIUMS; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC CHLORIDE ACTIVATIONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; DIFFUSION; ISOTHERMS; METAL RECOVERY; SOLUTIONS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ISOTHERMS; REMOVAL; THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC CHLORIDE;

TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 64549149300     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.11.035     Document Type: Article

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