Sludge-derived biochar for arsenic(III) immobilization: Effects of solution chemistry on sorption behavior

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1119-1126

  Zhang, Weihua ^a   Zheng, Juan ^a   Zheng, Pingping ^a   Tsang, Daniel C W ^b   Qiu, Rongliang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DYES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGANDS; PH; PYROLYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SORPTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BUFFERING CAPACITIES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; NONLINEAR ISOTHERMS; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER EQUATIONS; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION MECHANISM; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; CARBONIC ACID; FLUORIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DEHYDROGENATION; DEOXYGENATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOTHERM; PH; PYROLYSIS; SLUDGE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84938886461     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.12.0536     Document Type: Article

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