Chemical-activated carbons from peach stones for the adsorption of emerging contaminants in aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 279, Issue , 2015, Pages 788-798

  Torrellas, Silvia Álvarez ^a,b   García Lovera, Rafael ^b   Escalona, Néstor ^b   Sepúlveda, Catherine ^b   Sotelo, José Luis ^a   García, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Chemical activation; Emerging contaminants; Fixed bed column; Mesoporous carbons

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AMIDES; CAFFEINE; CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; TITRATION; VOLTAMMETRY;

ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; FIXED BED COLUMNS; HYDROPHOBIC CHARACTER; MESOPOROUS CARBON; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS;

ADSORPTION;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84930672117     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.05.104     Document Type: Article

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