Engineering a lignocellulosic biosorbent - Coir pith for removal of cesium from aqueous solutions: Equilibrium and kinetic studies

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 854-860

  Parab, Harshala ^a   Sudersanan, M ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cesium; Coir pith; Lignocellulosic; Nickel hexacyanoferrate; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CESIUM; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NICKEL; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BIOSORBENTS; COIR PITH; EQUILIBRIUM AND KINETICS; EQUILIBRIUM STUDY; KINETIC STUDY; LIGNO-CELLULOSICS; NICKEL HEXACYANOFERRATE; SOLUTION EQUILIBRIUM; SOLUTION KINETIC; SORPTION CAPACITIES;

SOLUTIONS;

CESIUM; LIGNOCELLULOSE; NICKEL; SORBENT;

ABSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CESIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTHERM; LIGNIN; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTION KINETICS; WASTE TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; KINETICS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76049129462     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.038     Document Type: Article

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