Hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous medium by activated carbon prepared from peanut shell: Adsorption kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 184, Issue , 2012, Pages 238-247

  AL Othman, Z A ^a   Ali, R ^a   Naushad, Mu ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Cr(VI) adsorption; Isotherms model; Lagergren model; Peanut shell; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ADSORPTION PROCESS; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; CONTACT TIME; CR ADSORPTIONS; CR(VI) ADSORPTION; ENDOTHERMIC NATURE; FREE ENERGY CHANGE; FREUNDLICH MODELS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; ISOTHERM DATA; LAGERGREN MODEL; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; LANGMUIRS; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; PEANUT SHELLS; PORE VOLUME; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; SECOND ORDER KINETICS; STANDARD ENTHALPY; STANDARD ENTROPY; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; OILSEEDS; PH EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADSORPTION;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 84857030731     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.01.048     Document Type: Article

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