Adsorption of ammonium ion by coconut shell-activated carbon from aqueous solution: Kinetic, isotherm, and thermodynamic studies

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 533-542

  Boopathy, Ramasamy ^a   Karthikeyan, Sekar ^a   Mandal, Asit Baran ^a   Sekaran, Ganesan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Ammonium ion removal; Coconut shell activated carbon (CSAC); Kinetic and isotherms of adsorption; Thermodynamic analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENTHALPY; ION; ISOTHERM; NITROGEN; ODOR; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SHELL; TASTE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84872005308     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0911-3     Document Type: Article

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