Removal of sulfamethoxazole and sulfapyridine by carbon nanotubes in fixed-bed columns

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2597-2605

  Tian, Yuan ^a   Gao, Bin ^a   Morales, Verónica L ^b   Chen, Hao ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Li, Hui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Filtration; Nanotechnology; Removal efficiency; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; FILTRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; BED DEPTH SERVICE TIME MODEL; FIXED BED COLUMNS; INCORPORATION METHOD; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE (SMX); SULFONAMIDE ANTIBIOTICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ADSORBENT; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION; ANTIBIOTICS; FILTRATION; FULLERENE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROUS MEDIUM; SULFUR COMPOUND; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; PH; RECYCLING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; CHEMISTRY; POROSITY;

ANIMALIA;

ADSORPTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POROSITY; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE;

EID: 84875814790     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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