The investigation into the ammonium removal performance of Yemeni natural zeolite: Modification, ion exchange mechanism, and thermodynamics

Powder Technology

Volumn 258, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-31

  Alshameri, Aref ^a,b   Ibrahim, Abdullateef ^a   Assabri, Amer M ^b   Lei, Xinrong ^a   Wang, Hongquan ^a   Yan, Chunjie ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Ministry of Oil and Minerals   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Ion exchange mechanism; Modified zeolite; Natural Yemeni (Al Ahyuq) zeolite, clinoptilolite; Selectivity; Thermodynamic parameters

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY; IONS; ISOTHERMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZEOLITES;

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; CLINOPTILOLITES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE MECHANISMS; MODIFIED ZEOLITE; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODEL; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA (SSA); THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

ION EXCHANGE;

AMMONIA; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTHERM; PH; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84896464197     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.02.063     Document Type: Article

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