Utilisation of Cymbopogon citratus (lemon grass) as biosorbent for the sequestration of nickel ions from aqueous solution: Equilibrium, kinetic, thermodynamics and mechanism studies

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1764-1772

  Lee, L Y ^a   Lee, X J ^a   Chia, P C ^a   Tan, K W ^b   Gan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Cymbopogon citratus; Isotherm; Kinetic; Nickel; Thermodynamic

Indexed keywords

BIOSORPTION; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; METAL IONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES;

NICKEL;

EID: 84903377289     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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