Sorption properties of low calorific value Greek lignites: Removal of lead, cadmium, zinc and copper ions from aqueous solutions

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1017-1021

  Pentari, D ^a   Perdikatsis, V ^a   Katsimicha, D ^a   Kanaki, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Heavy metals; Lignite; Removal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOUR; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BET SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; COPPER IONS; CU IONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; KINETIC EXPERIMENT; KINETIC STUDY; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH EQUATIONS; LANGMUIR EQUATION; LOW TEMPERATURE ASHES; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; SORPTION PROPERTIES; ULTIMATE ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LIGNITE; LITHOLOGY; MATLAB; METAL IONS; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SOLUTIONS; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CADMIUM; COPPER; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; LEAD; LIGNITE; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CADMIUM; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; COPPER; LEAD; LIGNITE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; ZINC;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASH; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MINERALOGY; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM; COAL; COPPER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LEAD; SOLUTIONS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 67649831202     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.131     Document Type: Article

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