Adsorptive removal of chromium(VI) from aqueous solution by an agricultural waste-based activated carbon

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1765-1771

  Chaudhuri, Malay ^a   Azizan, Noor Khairi Bin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Agricultural waste; Chromium(VI); Coconut coir

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION DATA; ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL; BATCH TESTS; COAL-BASED ACTIVATED CARBON; COCONUT COIRS; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; CONTACT TIME; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODELS; LIMITING CAPACITY; MICROPORE VOLUMES; MICROPORES; PORE DIAMETERS; SECOND ORDER KINETICS; SURFACE AREA;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BITUMINOUS COAL; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; MICROPOROSITY;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHROMIUM; COAL; COCONUT COIR ACTIVATED CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BITUMINOUS COAL; CHROMIUM; COIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PH;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COCONUT; COIR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862186407     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0981-8     Document Type: Article

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