Commercial steel wool for reduction of hexavalent chromium in wastewater: Batch kinetic studies and rate model

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 449-460

  Mitra, P ^a   Banerjee, P ^a   Sarkar, D ^a   Chakrabarti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Batch study; Heavy metal; Kinetic model; Passivation; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; HEAVY METALS; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; PASSIVATION; WOOL; YARN;

BATCH KINETIC STUDIES; BATCH STUDIES; BULK CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; KINETIC MODELING; PARAMETRIC CONDITIONS; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

LOADING;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84893589225     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0219-y     Document Type: Article

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