Adsorption studies of coconut shell carbons prepared by KOH activation for removal of lead(ii) from aqueous solutions

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-98

  Song, Chengwen ^a   Wu, Shuaihua ^a   Cheng, Murong ^a   Tao, Ping ^a   Shao, Mihua ^a   Gao, Guangrui ^a  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coconut shell carbons; Isotherm; Kinetics; Porous; Removal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; LEAD; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE SPACE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84894032631     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6010086     Document Type: Article

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