Palm shell activated carbon impregnated with task-specific ionic-liquids as a novel adsorbent for the removal of mercury from contaminated water

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 225, Issue , 2013, Pages 306-314

  Ismaiel, Ahmed Abu ^a   Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine ^a   Yusoff, Rozita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Contaminated water; Ionic liquids; Mercury removal; Palm shell activated carbon; TOMATS

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED WATER; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MERCURY REMOVAL; PALM SHELL-ACTIVATED CARBON; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; TASK-SPECIFIC IONIC LIQUIDS; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; TOMATS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATION ENERGY; IONIC LIQUIDS; MERCURY (METAL); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84877147209     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.03.082     Document Type: Article

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