STUDY OF HG(II) REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING LIGNOCELLULOSIC COCONUT FIBER BIOSORBENTS: EQUILIBRIUM AND KINETIC EVALUATION

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1198-1220

  Johari, K ^a   Saman, N ^a   Song, S T ^a   Heng, J Y Y ^b   Mat, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosorbents; Coconut fiber; Mercury ion; Modification; Sorption

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS INDUSTRY; KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION;

BIOSORBENTS; COCONUT FIBER; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; HEAVY METAL ION REMOVAL; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; MERCURY ION; MODIFICATION; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84899721430     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2013.806311     Document Type: Article

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