Comparative study on adsorption of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) by different adsorbents in water

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1983-1991

  Yao, Yuan ^a   Volchek, Konstantin ^a   Brown, Carl E ^a   Robinson, Adam ^b   Obal, Terry ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Maxxam Analytics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Isotherm; Kinetics; PFOA; PFOS; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ACTIVATED CARBON; EFFICIENCY; ENZYME KINETICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; ISOTHERMS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUND (PFCS); PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFOA; PFOS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORBENT; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANION EXCHANGE RESIN; CARBON; DOUBLE WALLED NANOTUBE; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; GROUND WATER; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NON ION EXCHANGE POLYMER; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYMER; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; CARBON NANOTUBE; CHARCOAL; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUNDWATER; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; POLLUTANT; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANION EXCHANGE RESINS; CAPRYLATES; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; ION EXCHANGE; KINETICS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84919816077     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.445     Document Type: Article

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