Walnut shell-based activated carbon with excellent copper (II) adsorption and lower chromium (VI) removal prepared by acid-base modification

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 688-696

  Xie, Ruzhen ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Chen, Yao ^a   Jiang, Wenju ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

activated carbon; adsorption; mechanism; metal ion; walnut shell

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ION EXCHANGE PROCESS; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; WALNUT SHELLS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; MECHANISMS; METAL IONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84880297779     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.11686     Document Type: Article

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