Removal of aqueous Hg(II) by polyaniline: Sorption characteristics and mechanisms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5223-5228

  Wang, Jing ^a,c   Deng, Baolin ^b   Chen, Huan ^a   Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Zheng, Jianzhong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION MECHANISM; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BACK GROUND ELECTROLYTE; BATCH ADSORPTION; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROKINETIC PROPERTIES; HUMIC ACID; KEY ELEMENTS; MERCURY ADSORPTION; MERCURY REMOVAL; PROTONATED; SOLUTION PH; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; WATER CONSTITUENTS; XPS SPECTRA;

AMINES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYANILINE; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; WINDOWS;

ADSORPTION;

AMINE; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; ELECTROLYTE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HUMIC ACID; IMINE; MERCURY; NITROGEN; POLYANILINE; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUND; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPLEXATION; ELECTROLYTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; IONIC STRENGTH; METHODOLOGY; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ADSORPTION; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67650466155     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803710k     Document Type: Article

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