Enhanced sorption of mercury from compact fluorescent bulbs and contaminated water streams using functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 274, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-144

  Gupta, Avinash ^b   Vidyarthi, S R ^b   Sankararamakrishnan, Nalini ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; CFL; Contamination; Mercury; MWCNTs

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERMS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTION;

CFL; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; MWCNTS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; SURFACE AREA ANALYZERS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ADSORBENT; IODIDE; MERCURY; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SULFUR; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON NANOTUBE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FULLERENE; IODIDE; ISOTHERM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERM; PH; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VAPOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY; ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ILLUMINATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; IODIDES; KINETICS; LIGHTING; MERCURY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFUR; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899698450     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.03.020     Document Type: Article

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