Adsorption of benzene and toluene onto KOH activated coconut shell based carbon treated with NH3

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 245-255

  Mohammed, Jibril ^a,b   Nasri, Noor Shawal ^a   Ahmad Zaini, Muhammad Abbas ^a   Hamza, Usman Dadum ^a,b   Ani, Farid Nasir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Ammonia treatment; Characterization; Environmental degradation; Sustainable porous carbons; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; BENZENE; CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROUS MATERIALS; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHERING;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AMMONIA TREATMENT; BENZENE AND TOLUENE; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; POROUS CARBONS; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

GAS ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; BENZENE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HYDROXIDE; MONOCOTYLEDON; POROUS MEDIUM; POTASSIUM; SHELL; SUSTAINABILITY; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84941314886     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.02.012     Document Type: Article

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