Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies on the adsorptive removal of nickel, cadmium and cobalt from wastewater by superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoadsorbents

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1231-1238

  Nassar, Nashaat N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cadmium; Cobalt; Fe 3O 4; Mass transfer; Nanoadsorbent; Nanoparticle; Nickel

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; ADSORPTION PROCESS; ADSORPTION REACTION; ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL; CONTACT TIME; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER; FREUNDLICH; FREUNDLICH MODELS; KINETIC BEHAVIOUR; KINETIC STUDY; LANGMUIR MODELS; METAL ION ADSORPTION; NANOADSORBENT; NANOADSORBENTS; PH-DEPENDENT; SOLUTION PH; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDES; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CADMIUM; COBALT; IRON OXIDES; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; METAL IONS; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; PH EFFECTS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84862193104     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20613     Document Type: Article

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