Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) fruit shell carbon: A calcium-rich promising adsorbent for fluoride removal from groundwater

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 225-226, Issue , 2012, Pages 164-172

  Sivasankar, V ^a   Rajkumar, S ^a   Murugesh, S ^b   Darchen, A ^c  

^a THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b SACS MAVMM Engineering College   (India)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Calcium carbonate; Calcium oxalate; Defluoridation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CARBONATE; BATCH STUDIES; BATCH TECHNIQUES; CALCIUM OXALATES; CONTACT TIME; DEFLUORIDATION; FLUORIDE ANIONS; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE REMOVAL; HYDROGEN CARBONATES; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; KINETIC MODELS; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; RESULTING MATERIALS; SCAVENGING ABILITY; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; TAMARINDUS INDICA; XRD STUDIES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FRUITS; HYDROGEN; IONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GROUNDWATER;

ADSORBENT; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIFFUSION; FLUORIDE; FRUIT; GROUNDWATER; ISOTHERM; OXALATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SHELL; WATER TREATMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FRUIT; ISOTHERM; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAMARIND; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CARBON; FLUORIDES; FRUIT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; TAMARINDUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 84861719072     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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