Low-cost adsorbents from bio-waste for the removal of dyes from aqueous solution

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4111-4124

  Manoj Kumar Reddy, P ^a   Mahammadunnisa, Sk ^a   Ramaraju, B ^a   Sreedhar, B ^b   Subrahmanyam, Ch ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Methylene blue; Peanut shell; Rice husk; Surface analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLORING AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC ACID; OXYGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PH; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COLORING AGENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 84878110123     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1360-8     Document Type: Article

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