Textural characteristics, physiochemical properties and adsorption efficiencies of Caribbean alga Turbinaria turbinata and its derived carbonaceous materials for water treatment application

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 67, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-44

  Altenor, S ^a   Ncibi, M C ^a   Emmanuel, E ^b   Gaspard, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b LAQUE   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Activated carbons; Adsorption; Alga; Characterization; Modeling; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL; ALGAL BIOMASS; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CARBONACEOUS PRODUCTS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; METHYLENE BLUE; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POROUS MATRIXS; POROUS STRUCTURES; PRODUCTION YIELD; REMOVAL RATE; SORPTION CAPACITIES; TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTIC; THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; TOTAL PORE VOLUME;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALGAE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHARACTERIZATION; DYES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; MODELS;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; METHYLENE BLUE; SORBENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ALGA; ALGA BIOMASS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ISOTHERM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL STIMULATION; TURBINARIA TURBINATA; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; TURBINARIA TURBINATA;

EID: 84862161276     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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