Activated carbon derived from macadamia nut shells: An effective adsorbent for phenol removal

Journal of Porous Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 619-627

  Rodrigues, Liana Alvares ^a   De Sousa Ribeiro, Loriane Aparecida ^a   Thim, Gilmar Patrocínio ^a   Ferreira, Rafael Reinaldo ^b   Alvarez Mendez, Manoel Orlando ^b   Coutinho, Aparecido Dos Reis ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Macadamia; Phenol

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT DOSAGE; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; MACADAMIA; PHENOL ADSORPTION; SECOND ORDER KINETICS; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

ADSORPTION; DEIONIZED WATER; PHENOLS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 84879886784     PISSN: 13802224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10934-012-9635-5     Document Type: Article

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