Adsorption of uranium, cesium and strontium onto coconut shell activated carbon

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-18

  Caccin, Matteo ^a   Giacobbo, Francesca ^a   Da Ros, Mirko ^a   Besozzi, Luigi ^b   Mariani, Mario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Cesium; Strontium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CESIUM; STRONTIUM; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; COCONUT; COCONUT SHELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT TIME; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84879414288     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-012-2305-x     Document Type: Article

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