Methylene blue sorption capacity of some common waste plant materials

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1435-1444

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Kumar, Dhananjay ^a   Pandey, Lalit K ^a   Gaur, J P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Methylene blue; Sorption capacity; Sorption isotherm; Waste plant material

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BLACK GRAM; CITRUS LEAVES; COIR FIBERS; DIVALENT CATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GRASS CLIPPINGS; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE SORPTION; MONOVALENT CATIONS; PLANT MATERIAL; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER RATE EQUATION; RICE HUSK; SORPTION CAPACITY; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; TEA LEAVES; TEAK SAWDUST; TIME COURSE; TREE LEAVES; WHEAT STRAWS;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BIOSORPTION; POSITIVE IONS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 77951668539     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986441003626193     Document Type: Article

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