Application of chitosan/polyacrylamide nanofibres for removal of chromate and phosphate in water

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 50-52, Issue , 2012, Pages 243-251

  Nthumbi, Richard M ^a   Catherine Ngila, J ^b   Moodley, Brenda ^c   Kindness, Andrew ^c   Petrik, Leslie ^d  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption capacity; Chitosan polyacrylamide; Chromates; Electrospun fibres; Phosphates

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION EXPERIMENT; ADSORPTION MECHANISM; ADSORPTION PARAMETERS; ALGAL BLOOMS; ANALYTE CONCENTRATION; BATCH ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; CONTACT TIME; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER; CONTAMINATED WATER; ELECTROSPUNS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; FREUNDLICH MODELS; GLUTARALDEHYDES; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; ICP-OES; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; LANGMUIRS; METALLURGY INDUSTRY; PHOSPHATE ADSORPTION; PHOSPHATE ANIONS; PLANT GROWTH; POLYACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; RAPID GROWTH; REGENERATION PROCESS; REMEDIATION MEASURES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SUGAR METABOLISM; SYNTHETIC WATERS; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER SCARCITY;

ADSORPTION; ALDEHYDES; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; DYES; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; IONS; LEAD; NANOFIBERS; PHOSPHATES; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATERS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ADSORPTION; CHITIN; CHROMATE; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; REMEDIATION; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84868457108     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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