Studies on adsorption of mercury from aqueous solution on activated carbons prepared from walnut shell

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 174, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Zabihi, M ^a   Haghighi Asl, A ^a   Ahmadpour, A ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Kinetic; Mercury; Sorbent; Walnut shell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING REAGENTS; ADSORPTION ABILITY; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BET SURFACE AREA; CARBON A; CARBON-B; CARBONACEOUS SORBENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; LIQUID STREAMS; METAL ION CONCENTRATION; MICROPOROUS ACTIVATED CARBONS; MONOLAYER ADSORPTION; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT TIME; WALNUT SHELLS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DYES; MERCURY (METAL); METAL IONS; MONOLAYERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLUTIONS; SORBENTS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; MERCURY; ZINC CHLORIDE; CARBON; CHLORIDE; WATER; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REACTION KINETICS;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTHERM; PH; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WALNUT; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

JUGLANS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHLORIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JUGLANS; KINETICS; MERCURY; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 71849099251     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

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