Characterizing o- and p-nitrophenols adsorption onto innovative activated carbon prepared from date pits

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-37

  Altaher, Hossam ^a,b   Dietrich, Andrea M ^c  

^a YANBU INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Date pits; o nitrophenol; p nitrophenol

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; DATE-PITS; DUBININ-RADUSHKEVICH ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; LIQUID FILM DIFFUSION; O-NITROPHENOL; P-NITROPHENOL; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LIQUID FILMS; PHENOLS;

ADSORPTION;

2 NITROPHENOL; 4 NITROPHENOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BENZENE; DIFFUSION; FILM; NITRATE; PHENOL; PORE SPACE; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATE PIT; DIFFUSION; INTRAPARTICLE DIFFUSION; ISOTHERM; LIQUID FILM DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHARCOAL; NITROPHENOLS;

EID: 84892692703     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.522     Document Type: Article

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