Adsorption of hexa-valent chromium using treated wood charcoal-elucidation of rate-limiting process

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1495-1505

  Chaithanya, T K ^a   Yedla, Sudhakar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

adsorption; Cr (VI); maximum adsorption capacity; rate limiting step; wood charcoal

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; RATE CONSTANTS; REMOVAL; WOOD;

ACID TREATMENTS; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; ADSORPTIVE CAPACITY; AGITATION SPEED; CONTACT TIME; CR (VI); DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FILM DIFFUSION; FREUNDLICH MODELS; KINETIC DATA; KINETIC STUDY; MAXIMUM ADSORPTION CAPACITY; ORDER OF REACTION; RATE OF ADSORPTION; RATE-LIMITING PROCESS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TREATED WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL;

ADSORPTION;

CHARCOAL; CHROMIUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; WATER;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; HONEY; INORGANIC ACID; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WOOD;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTALLIZATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; KINETICS; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; WOOD;

EID: 78649754155     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003777144     Document Type: Article

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