Evaluation of the adsorption of aquatic humic substances in batch and column experiments by thermally modified activated carbons

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5445-5453

  Iriarte Velasco, Unai ^a   Alvarez Uriarte, Jon I ^a   Chimeno Alanís, Noemí ^a   González Velasco, Juan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; AQUATIC HUMIC SUBSTANCES; BATCH ADSORPTION; BATCH MODES; COLUMN ADSORPTION; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COLUMN OPERATIONS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; MODIFIED ACTIVATED CARBONS; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PORE VOLUME; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE BASICITY; THERMAL TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; CHARCOAL; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HEAT TREATMENT;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 67650047861     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900053p     Document Type: Article

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