Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies of mercury adsorption on almond shell

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1341-1349

  Khaloo, Shokooh Sadat ^a   Matin, Amir Hossein ^a   Sharifi, Sahar ^a   Fadaeinia, Masoumeh ^a   Kazempour, Narges ^a   Mirzadeh, Shaghayegh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Almond shell; Kinetics; Mercury removal; Thermodynamic

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ALMOND SHELLS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CONTACT TIME; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREUNDLICH; ION CONCENTRATIONS; KINETIC STUDY; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ADSORPTION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; LANGMUIR MODELS; LOW COSTS; MERCURY ADSORPTION; MERCURY REMOVAL; NATURAL ADSORBENTS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; RATE EXPRESSION; REACTION EQUATIONS; SOLID SURFACE; SPONTANEOUS PROCESS; SYNTHETIC EFFLUENT; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; THERMODYNAMIC VALUES;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DYES; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; SORBENT;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTHERM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLANT PRODUCT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; SHELL; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ALMOND; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; EFFLUENT; ELIMINATION REACTION; ISOTHERM; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; PH; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MERCURY; PRUNUS; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84860126901     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.767     Document Type: Article

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