Synthesis of granular activated carbon/zero valent iron composites for simultaneous adsorption/dechlorination of trichloroethylene

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 500-506

  Tseng, Hui Hsin ^a,b   Su, Jhih Gang ^c   Liang, Chenju ^c  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorinated solvent; Groundwater remediation; Reactive activated carbon; Reduction; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION KINETICS; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; DISPERSANTS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANT; RATE LAWS; REACTIVE ACTIVATED CARBON; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; VALENT IRON; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; ANESTHETICS; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORIDE; DISPERSANT; FERROUS ION; IRON; MACROGOL; NITROGEN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPOSITE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEATING; IRON; ISOTHERM; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; REMEDIATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DESORPTION; LAW;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHLORINE; IRON; KINETICS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 79960153688     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.047     Document Type: Article

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