Synthesis and characterization of alumina-coated carbon nanotubes and their application for lead removal

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-23

  Gupta, Vinod K ^a,b   Agarwal, Shilpi ^c   Saleh, Tawfik A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Coated carbon nanotubes; Lead; Removal

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT DOSAGE; AGITATION SPEED; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BATCH ADSORPTION; BATCH MODES; COATED CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTACT TIME; FIXED BED; FIXED BED COLUMNS; FTIR; LEAD IONS; LEAD REMOVAL; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SOLUTION PH; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORBENT; ALUMINUM OXIDE; LEAD; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL COATING; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78549264036     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.053     Document Type: Article

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