Multi-walled carbon nanotubes as adsorbents for the removal of parts per billion levels of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 166, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1067-1075

  Pillay, K ^a,b,c   Cukrowska, E M ^b   Coville, N J ^a,b  

^a DST/NRF Center of Excellence in Strong Materials   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Freundlich isotherm; Hexavalent chromium; Langmuir isotherm; Multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPABILITIES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT TIME; CR ADSORPTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; HIGH PH; INITIAL SOLUTIONS; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSIONS; ION EXCHANGE MECHANISMS; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; PARTS PER BILLIONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DESORPTION; ION EXCHANGE; METAL RECOVERY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NEGATIVE IONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; ANION; CHROMIUM; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION; ANION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTHERM; PH;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTHERM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PH;

ADSORPTION; ANIONS; CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLUTIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 67349282975     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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