Highly effective removal of toxic Cr(VI) from wastewater using sulfuric acid-modified avocado seed

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1214-1224

  Bhaumik, Madhumita ^a   Choi, Hyoung J ^b   Seopela, Mathapelo P ^a   McCrindle, Rob I ^a   Maity, Arjun ^c,d  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION-DESORPTION CYCLES; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODEL; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CARBONIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; FRUITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFURIC ACID; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84892953809     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie402627d     Document Type: Article

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