Enhancing the adsorption of vapor-phase mercury chloride with an innovative composite sulfur-impregnated activated carbon

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-50

  Ie, Iau Ren ^a   Chen, Wei Chin ^a   Yuan, Chung Shin ^a   Hung, Chung Hsuang ^b   Lin, Yuan Chung ^a   Tsai, Hsieh Hung ^a   Jen, Yi Shiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adsorptive capacity; Composite sulfurized activated carbons; Surface characteristics and chemical properties; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); Vapor phase mercury chloride (HgCl 2)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION TEMPERATURE; ADSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; HUMAN HEALTH; IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED CARBON; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; OPERATING PARAMETERS; SODIUM SULFIDES; SULFUR CONTENTS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; VAPOR PHASE; VAPOR PHASE MERCURY; WASTE TIRES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS ADSORPTION; HEALTH RISKS; IMPREGNATION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION;

VAPORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COMPOSITE SULFURIZED ACTIVATED CARBON; MERCURY CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAPOR PHASE MERCURY CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLORIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVIMETRY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PYROLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SATURATION; SULFUR; SURFACE AREA;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; SULFATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SULFUR; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84862813683     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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