Regeneration of spent bleaching earth and its adsorption of copper (II) ions from aqueous solutions

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-180

  Wambu, Enos W ^a   Muthakia, Gerald K ^a   wa Thiong'o, Joseph K ^a   Shiundu, Paul M ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Copper; Spent bleaching earth regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTIVE MATERIALS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; COPPER IONS; CU ADSORPTION; DILUTE ACIDS; REMOVAL OF CU IONS; RESIDUAL OIL; SPENT BLEACHING EARTH; SPENT BLEACHING EARTH REGENERATION;

ACIDS; BLEACHING; CLEANING; COPPER; IONS; KETONES; SILICATES; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COPPER; REACTIVATION;

EID: 70349728225     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.07.022     Document Type: Article

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