Decoration of MWCNTs with CoFe2O4 nanoparticles for methylene blue dye adsorption

Journal of Solution Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2209-2225

  Farghali, A A ^a   Bahgat, M ^b   El Rouby, W M A ^a   Khedr, M H ^a  

^a Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

^b CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Isotherm; Kinetics; Methylene blue; MWCNTs CoFe2O4 composite; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874484616     PISSN: 00959782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10953-012-9934-0     Document Type: Article

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