Removal of chromium (VI) from wastewater using chemically activated Syzygium jambolanum nut carbon by batch studies

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 266-280

  Muthukumaran, K ^a   Beulah, Sophie ^b  

^a THANTHAI PERIYAR GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Batch studies; CAC; Chemical activation; Chromium (VI); Desorption; Isotherms; Kinetics; Syzygium jambolanum nut carbon;

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DESORPTION; ENZYME KINETICS; ISOTHERMS;

ADSORPTION PROCESS; BATCH STUDIES; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; FREUNDLICH ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER; REMOVAL OF CHROMIUM; THERMAL ACTIVATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 79955387295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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