Adsorption enhancement of elemental mercury onto sulphur-functionalized silica gel adsorbents

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 629-636

  Johari, Khairiraihanna ^a   Saman, Norasikin ^a   Mat, Hanapi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

adsorption; mercury; organosilane; silica gel; sulphur

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SULFUR;

3-MERCAPTOPROPYL TRIMETHOXYSILANE; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; ORGANOSILANES; TETRAETHYL ORTHOSILICATES;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORBENT; CARBON DISULFIDE; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; MERCURY; SILICA GEL; SULFUR; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; GEL; ORTHOSILICATE; SILICA; SULFUR;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DISULFIDE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; SILANES; SILICA GEL; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SULFUR; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84891837181     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.840321     Document Type: Article

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