Removal of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) from aqueous solutions by montmorillonite modified with nonionic surfactant: Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic study

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 191, Issue , 2012, Pages 341-348

  Nourmoradi, H ^a,b   Nikaeen, M ^a   Khiadani, Hajian ^a,c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; BTEX; Isotherm; Kinetics; Montmorillonite; Nonionic surfactant

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATE CONCENTRATION; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTIC; ADSORPTION KINETICS; BATCH ADSORPTION TECHNIQUES; BTEX; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CONTACT TIME; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREUNDLICH; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; INTRAPARTICLE DIFFUSION MODELS; ISOTHERM MODELS; LANGMUIRS; LOADING RATE; PHYSICAL NATURE; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; REMOVAL OF BENZENE; SORPTION CAPACITIES; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; XRD;

ADSORPTION; BENZENE; CLAY MINERALS; DYES; ENZYME KINETICS; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TOLUENE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; XYLENE;

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EID: 84860558929     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.03.029     Document Type: Article

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