Barrier properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes containing carbon nanotubes or activated carbon

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 334-340

  Surdo, Erin M ^a   Khan, Iftheker A ^a   Choudhury, Atif A ^c   Saleh, Navid B ^b   Arnold, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Barrier membrane; Carbon nanotubes; Diffusion; Landfill liner; Sediment cap; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTIVE PROPERTIES; BARRIER MEMBRANE; BARRIER PERFORMANCE; BARRIER PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONALIZED; KINETIC LIMITATIONS; LANDFILL LINER; METAL CONTAMINANTS; POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) MEMBRANES; POOR PERFORMANCE; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SEDIMENT CAP; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; LAND FILL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; ACTIVATED CARBON; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BENZENE; COPPER; DIFFUSION; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL LINER; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; KINETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METALS, HEAVY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 79952486781     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.130     Document Type: Article

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