Adsorption of nitrate and Cr(VI) by cationic polymer-modified granular activated carbon

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 298-305

  Cho, Dong Wan ^a,b   Chon, Chul Min ^b   Kim, Yongje ^b   Jeon, Byong Hun ^a   Schwartz, Frank W ^c   Lee, Eung Seok ^d   Song, Hocheol ^e  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cationic polymer; Chromium; Granular activated carbon; Nitrate; Trimethlyammonium chloride

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; CATIONIC POLYMERS; CR ADSORPTIONS; FAST PROCESS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INITIAL SOLUTION; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; KINETICS EXPERIMENTS; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MAIN EFFECT; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL UTILITY; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; THERMODYNAMIC DATA; TRIMETHLYAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATE COATINGS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DESORPTION; DYES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 80755130167     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.108     Document Type: Article

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