Adsorptive removal of heavy metal ions from industrial effluents using activated carbon derived from waste coconut buttons

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1989-1998

  Anirudhan, T S ^a   Sreekumari, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Coconut buttons; Desorption; Heavy metal ions; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT DOSE; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION POTENTIAL; ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL; BATCH ADSORPTION; COCONUT BUTTONS; CONTACT TIME; EQUILIBRIUM ISOTHERMS; EXPERIMENTAL KINETICS; FIRST ORDER EQUATIONS; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODEL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LANGMUIR MODELS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; SECOND-ORDER EQUATION; SURFACE AREA ANALYZERS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; DYES; FASTENERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METAL IONS; METALS; PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; TITRATION; WASTEWATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EFFLUENTS;

CHARCOAL; HEAVY METAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; EFFLUENT; HEAVY METAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COCONUT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; COCOS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KINETICS; METALS, HEAVY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84255200509     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60515-3     Document Type: Article

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