Mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrid aerogels through ultrasonic assisted sol-gel intercalation of silica-PEG in bentonite for effective removal of dyes, volatile organic pollutants and petroleum products from aqueous solution

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 200-202, Issue , 2012, Pages 589-600

  Suchithra, P S ^a   Vazhayal, Linsha ^a   Peer Mohamed, A ^a   Ananthakumar, S ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Mesoporous; Organic pollutants; Polymer clay hybrid; Sol gel intercalation; Thermal regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; BENTONITE CLAY; BET SURFACE AREA; CONTACT TIME; ENGINE OIL; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; FILM DIFFUSION; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HYDROPHOBIC NATURE; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; MALACHITE GREEN; MESOPOROUS; METHYLENE BLUE; MIXED SOLVENT; OIL ABSORPTION; OPTIMUM PH; ORGANIC DYE; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID AEROGELS; PORE VOLUME; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; SOL-GEL SILICA; THERMAL REGENERATION; ULTRA-SONICATION; XRD ANALYSIS; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AEROGELS; BENTONITE; DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PHENOLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STRIPPING (DYES); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TOLUENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84865568700     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.083     Document Type: Article

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