Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic modelling of the sorption of metals from aqueous solution by a silica polyamine composite

Water SA

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 437-444

  Tutu, H ^a   Bakatula, E ^a   Dlamini, S ^a   Rosenberg, E ^b   Kailasam, V ^b   Cukrowska, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desorption; Isotherms; Kinetics; Silica polyamine composite; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; DYES; ENZYME KINETICS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; MANGANESE; METALS; NICKEL; PHYSISORPTION; SILICA; SOLUTIONS; SORPTION;

ACTIVATION ENERGIES (EA); FREUNDLICH AND LANGMUIR ISOTHERMS; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; METAL ADSORPTION; POLYAMINES; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING;

COPPER;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPOSITE; DESORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84880110055     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v39i4.1     Document Type: Article

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