Adsorption of cadmium and lead onto oxidized nitrogen-doped multiwall carbon nanotubes in aqueous solution: Equilibrium and kinetics

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 467-480

  Perez Aguilar, Nancy Veronica ^a   Muñoz Sandoval, Emilio ^a   Diaz Flores, Paola Elizabeth ^a   Rangel Mendez, Jose Rene ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adsorption; EHS; Functionalization; Kinetics; Nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes; Toxic metals; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CADMIUM ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EHS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; KEY FACTORS; KINETIC EXPERIMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NITRO GROUP; NITROGEN-DOPED; NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; OXIDIZED NITROGEN; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; POINT OF ZERO CHARGE; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SMALL SIZE; SURFACE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; TOXIC METALS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CADMIUM; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEWATERING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); METAL IONS; NITROGEN; OIL SPILLS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLUTIONS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ACTIVATED CARBON; CADMIUM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEAD; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NITROGEN; PROTON; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77955772228     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9670-6     Document Type: Article

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