Relationships between adsorption mechanisms and pore structure for adsorption of natural organic matter by virgin and reactivated granular activated carbons during water treatment

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-198

  Moore, Brian C ^a   Wang, Yujue ^b   Cannon, Fred S ^c   Metz, Deborah H ^d   Westrick, Judy ^e  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^d Water Quality and Treatment Division   (United States)

^e LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Granular activated carbon; Natural organic matter; Pore volume distribution

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION MECHANISM; GRADUAL CHANGES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INITIAL STAGES; MESO-PORES; MICROPORES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PORE VOLUME; PORE VOLUME DISTRIBUTION; POSITIVE SURFACE CHARGE; SORBATES; SORPTION PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GRANULAR MATERIALS; ORGANIC CARBON; PORE STRUCTURE;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; SORBIC ACID;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SURFACE CHARGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77149180812     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2009.0302     Document Type: Article

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