Chromium removal by combining the magnetic properties of iron oxide with adsorption properties of carbon nanotubes

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2207-2212

  Gupta, V K ^a,b   Agarwal, Shilpi ^b   Saleh, Tawfik A ^a  

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

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Batch mode; Chromium; Fixed bed; FTIR; Multi wall carbon nanotube nano iron oxide composite; SEM; XRD

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; BATCH MODES; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FIXED BED; FIXED-BED MODES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE/NANO-IRON OXIDE COMPOSITE; NANO IRON OXIDES; OXIDE COMPOSITES; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; IRON OXIDE; NITRIC ACID;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHROMIUM; EMISSION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79951950289     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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