Preparation of activated carbons from rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) peel by microwave-induced KOH activation for acid yellow 17 dye adsorption

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 250, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-204

  Njoku, V O ^a,b   Foo, K Y ^a,c   Asif, M ^d   Hameed, B H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Dye; Isotherm; Microwave; Rambutan peel

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; DYEING; DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERMS; KINETIC THEORY; MICROWAVES; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; INITIAL DYE CONCENTRATION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; MONOLAYER ADSORPTION; MONOLAYER FORMATION; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; RAMBUTAN PEELS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84899737728     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.03.115     Document Type: Article

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