Adsorption of methylene blue on activated carbon produced from flamboyant pods (Delonix regia): Study of adsorption isotherms and kinetic models

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 722-730

  Vargas, Alexandro M M ^a   Cazetta, André L ^a   Kunita, Marcos H ^a   Silva, Taís L ^a   Almeida, Vitor C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Flamboyant pods; Methylene blue

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FIRST ORDER; FLAMBOYANT PODS; FREUNDLICH; KINETIC MODELS; KINETIC STUDY; LANGMUIRS; METHYLENE BLUE; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; PETERSON; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; TOTH ISOTHERM;

ACTIVATED CARBON; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERMS; KINETIC THEORY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION;

DELONIX REGIA;

EID: 79953331391     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.01.067     Document Type: Article

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