Preparation and evaluation of thiol-functionalized activated alumina for arsenite removal from water

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 167, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 1215-1221

  Hao, Jumin ^a   Han, Mei Juan ^a   Meng, Xiaoguang ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated alumina; Adsorption; Arsenite; Hybrid adsorbent; Thiol

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ABILITY; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; ARSENIC SPECIES; ARSENITE; ARSENITE REMOVAL; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EXPERIMENT CONDITION; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNCTIONALIZED SILICA; HUMAN CARCINOGEN; HYBRID ADSORBENT; HYBRID ADSORBENTS; INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID; METAL OXIDES; RAMAN SPECTRA; THIOL; THIOL GROUPS;

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ADSORBENTS; ARSENIC; DEWATERING; METAL RECOVERY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SILICA; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORBENT; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; THIOL GROUP;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; THIOL;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENITES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 67649294796     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.01.124     Document Type: Article

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