Biosorption of toxic chromium from aqueous phase by lignin: Mechanism, effect of other metal ions and salts

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 20-30

  Albadarin, Ahmad B ^a   Al Muhtaseb, Ala'a H ^b   Al laqtah, Nasir A ^a   Walker, Gavin M ^a   Allen, Stephen J ^a   Ahmad, Mohammad N M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Hexavalent chromium; Isotherm; Lignin; Reduction

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; BIOSORBENTS; BIOSORPTION CAPACITY; BIOSORPTION MECHANISM; DESORPTION STUDY; DUBININ-RADUSHKEVICH; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; FILM DIFFUSION; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; ISOTHERM MODELS; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION METHOD; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER; RATE KINETICS; REMOVAL OF CHROMIUM; SOLUTION PH; TRIVALENT CHROMIUM;

BIOSORPTION; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; DESORPTION; DYES; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOTHERMS; LIGNIN; METAL IONS; SALTS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

CHROMIUM;

EID: 79955036645     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.044     Document Type: Article

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