Sorption of pollutants by porous carbon, carbon nanotubes and fullerene- An overview

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2828-2843

  Gupta, Vinod K ^a,b   Saleh, Tawfik A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon nanotubes; Fullerene; Pollutants; Porous carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FULLERENE; REGENERATION; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84876733029     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1524-1     Document Type: Review

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