On the use of a natural peat for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 325-332

  León Torres, Ana ^a   Cuerda Correa, Eduardo M ^a   Fernández González, Carmen ^a   Alexandre Franco, María F ^a   Gómez Serrano, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromium (VI) removal; Natural peat

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; ASH CONTENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; EQUILIBRIUM ISOTHERMS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; KINETIC DATA; KINETIC LAW; PARTIAL ORDER; POINT OF ZERO CHARGE; SPECIFIC ADSORPTION; TEMPERATURE RISE;

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; PEAT; THERMOANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION;

CHROMIUM; PEAT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865962114     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.07.038     Document Type: Article

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