Erratum: Roles of sulfuric acid in elemental mercury removal by activated carbon and sulfur-impregnated activated carbon (Environmental Science and Technology (2012) 46 (7905-7912) DOI: 10.1021/es301209t);Roles of sulfuric acid in elemental mercury removal by activated carbon and sulfur-impregnated activated carbon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 7905-7912

  Morris, Eric A ^a   Kirk, Donald W ^a   Jia, Charles Q ^a   Morita, Kazuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; KINETICS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SULFURIC ACID;

ACTIVE SURFACE SITES; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FASTER RATES; IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED CARBON; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; UPTAKE CAPACITY; UPTAKE KINETICS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACTIVATED CARBON; MERCURY; OXYGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; ACTIVATED CARBON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; SOLUBILITY; SULFURIC ACID;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; ELEMENTAL MERCURY REMOVAL; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84863928434     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3035544     Document Type: Erratum

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