Enriching composite hydrophilic polyurethane foams with PAC to enhance adsorption of phenol from aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 280, Issue , 2015, Pages 283-292

  Massalha, Nedal ^a,b   Brenner, Asher ^a   Sheindorf, Chaim ^c   Haimov, Yuri ^d   Sabbah, Isam ^b,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Galilee Society Institute of Applied Research   (Israel)

^c Shenkar College for Design   (Israel)

^d ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Enriched foam; Hydrophilic polyurethane; Immobilization; Toxicants

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CARBON; FOAM CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; PHENOLS; POLYURETHANES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION OF PHENOL; BIOLOGICAL PURIFICATION; IMMOBILIZATION MATRICES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; TOXICANTS;

FOAMS;

EID: 84934978962     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.06.015     Document Type: Article

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