Removal of Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Pyrolyzed Rice Husks: Adsorption Kinetics and Equilibria

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1578-1599

  Vassileva, P ^a   Detcheva, A ^a   Uzunov, I ^a   Uzunova, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Agricultural waste; Heavy metals; Pyrolysis; Rice husks

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER METHOD; CARBONIZED RICE HUSKS; INTRAPARTICLE DIFFUSION MODELS; METAL ION CONCENTRATION; MULTICOMPONENT ADSORPTION; RICE HUSK; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA AND POROSITIES;

ACETONE; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METAL IONS; PYROLYSIS; SOLUTIONS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84879905487     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2012.755519     Document Type: Article

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