Maghemite nanosorbcats for methylene blue adsorption and subsequent catalytic thermo-oxidative decomposition: Computational modeling and thermodynamics studies

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 461, Issue , 2016, Pages 396-408

  El Qanni, Amjad ^a,b   Nassar, Nashaat N ^a   Vitale, Gerardo ^a   Hassan, Azfar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Catalysis; Methylene blue; Nanoparticles; Nanosorbcats; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTHALPY OF ACTIVATION; FREE ENERGY OF ACTIVATIONS; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE ADSORPTION; MOST PROBABLE MECHANISM FUNCTIONS; NANOSORBCATS; THERMO-OXIDATIVE DECOMPOSITION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

ADSORBENT; FERRIC OXIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DECOMPOSITION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ISOTHERM; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE AREA; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84942456253     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.09.041     Document Type: Article

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