Removal of nitrate from aqueous solutions by activated carbon prepared from sugar beet bagasse

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1675-1680

  Demiral, Hakan ^a   Gündüzoǧlu, Gül ^a  

^a Eskis ehir Osmangazi University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Chemical activation; Nitrate; Sugar beet bagasse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BAGASSE; IMPREGNATION; NITRATES; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SUGAR BEETS;

ACTIVATION TEMPERATURES; ADSORPTION MECHANISM; CHEMICAL AGENT; CONTACT TIME; IMPREGNATION RATIOS; ISOTHERM STUDIES; KINETIC MODELS; TEMKIN EQUATIONS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BAGASSE; NITRATE; ZINC CHLORIDE; CARBON; CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTHERM; MICROSTRUCTURE; NITRATE; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGAR BEET;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ISOTHERM; PH; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGAR BEET; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ADSORPTION; BEET; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

ADSORPTION; BETA VULGARIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CHLORIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77958192036     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.09.087     Document Type: Article

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