Naphthalene and o-Xylene Adsorption onto High Carbon Fly Ash

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-387

  Demirkan, M Melih ^a   Aydilek, Ahmet H ^b   Seagren, Eric A ^c   Hower, James C ^d  

^a Paul C Rizzo Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Fly ash; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957760094     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000335     Document Type: Article

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