Mineralogical identification, spectroscopic characterization, and potential environmental use of natural clay materials on chromate removal from aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1024-1031

  Eloussaief, Mabrouk ^a   Kallel, Nejib ^b   Yaacoubi, Abdelghani ^c   Benzina, Mourad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Characterization; Chromium adsorption; Clays; Low cost adsorbent; Model

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMATES; CLAY; CLAY DEPOSITS; DYES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERMS; MODELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; THERMOANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; CHROMIUM ADSORPTION; DUBININ-RADUSHKEVICH; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; LOW-COST ADSORBENTS; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 79953750637     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.01.077     Document Type: Article

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