Zerovalent iron encapsulated chitosan nanospheres - A novel adsorbent for the removal of total inorganic Arsenic from aqueous systems

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-155

  Gupta, Anjali ^a,b   Yunus, M ^b   Sankararamakrishnan, Nalini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chitosan; Nano adsorbent; Removal; Water; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHITOSAN; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMOVAL; SILICATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER;

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; ARSENIC REMOVAL; INORGANIC ARSENIC; LANGMUIR MONOLAYER ADSORPTIONS; NANO ADSORBENTS; REAL-LIFE GROUNDWATER SAMPLES; ZERO-VALENT IRON; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ADSORBENT; ARSENIC; CHITOSAN; GROUND WATER; IRON; NANOSPHERE; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE; SULFATE;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARSENIC; CHITIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENCAPSULATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; INORGANIC COMPOUND; INORGANIC SALT; IRON; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE; STABILIZATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM;

EID: 81855227073     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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