Kinetics of adsorption for the removal of zinc (II) ions from aqueous solution using indigenously prepared jack fruit seed and commercial activated carbons

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 366-373

  Kannan, N ^a   Veemaraj, T ^a  

^a AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherms; First order kinetic equations; Intraparticle diffusion model; Jack fruit seed carbon (jfsc) and commercial activated carbon (cac); Removal of zinc (II) ions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856484614     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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