Polyaniline/Fe0 composite nanofibers: An excellent adsorbent for the removal of arsenic from aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 271, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-146

  Bhaumik, Madhumita ^a   Noubactep, Chicgoua ^b   Gupta, Vinod Kumar ^c   McCrindle, Rob I ^a   Maity, Arjun ^d,e  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arsenic removal; Composite materials; Polyaniline; Water treatment; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ARSENIC; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ISOTHERMS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYANILINE; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ARSENIC REMOVAL; EQUILIBRIUM ISOTHERMS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84924560088     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.02.079     Document Type: Article

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