Removal of elemental mercury from gas stream using sulfur-functionalized silica microspheres (S-SMS)

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-47

  Saman, Norasikin ^a   Johari, Khairiraihanna ^a   Mat, Hanapi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Impregnation Elemental mercury; Microsphere silica; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; MERCURY (METAL); MICROSPHERES; SILICA;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION MECHANISM; ADSORPTION RATES; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; FUNCTIONALIZED SILICA; PORE CHARACTERISTICS; SILICA MICROSPHERES; SYNTHETIC GAS STREAM;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84901577998     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-014-0753-4     Document Type: Article

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