Calcium alginate-bentonite-activated carbon composite beads as highly effective adsorbent for methylene blue

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 270, Issue , 2015, Pages 621-630

  Benhouria, Assia ^a,b   Islam, Md Azharul ^a,c   Zaghouane Boudiaf, H ^b   Boutahala, M ^b   Hameed, B H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^c KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Alginate; Bentonite; Composite; Methylene blue

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ALGINATE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENTONITE; CARBON; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

ACTIVATED CARBON COMPOSITES; CATIONIC DYE REMOVAL; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; METHYLENE BLUE; MONOLAYER ADSORPTION; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; REGENERATION CYCLES;

DYES;

EID: 84924193870     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.02.030     Document Type: Article

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