Hexavalent Chromium Adsorption by a Novel Activated Carbon Prepared by Microwave Activation

BioResources

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1498-1518

  Kundu, Anirban ^a   Redzwan, Ghufran ^a   Sahu, Jaya Narayan ^c   Mukherjee, Sumona ^a   Gupta, Bhaskar Sen ^d   Hashim, Mohd Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d FACULTY OF ENGINEERING   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Box Behnken; Chromium; Palm kernel fiber; RSM

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MICROWAVE HEATING; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYNOMIALS;

ADSORBATE CONCENTRATION; ADSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ADSORPTION MECHANISM; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODEL; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SECOND ORDER KINETICS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATION; ADSORPTION; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PROCESSES; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84930573514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.9.1.1498-1518     Document Type: Article

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