Adsorption of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and p-xylene by NaOCl-oxidized carbon nanotubes

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Su, Fengsheng ^a   Lu, Chungsying ^a   Hu, Suhkai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; BTEX; Carbon nanotubes; Surface modification; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ETHYLBENZENE; IONIC STRENGTH; SODIUM; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TREATMENT; TOLUENE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; XYLENE;

ADSORBATE CONCENTRATION; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTACT TIME; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; OXIDIZED CARBONS; P-XYLENE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SURFACE NATURE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; OXIDATION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 71249085939     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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