Comparative study of carbon nanotubes and granular activated carbon: Physicochemical properties and adsorption capacities

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 302, Issue , 2016, Pages 362-374

  Gangupomu, Roja Haritha ^a   Sattler, Melanie L ^a   Ramirez, David ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University Kingsville   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Granular activated carbon; Hazardous air pollutant; Nanotubes; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; AMORPHOUS CARBON; EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; POLLUTION; SURFACE TREATMENT; TOLUENE; YARN;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; NITRIC ACID TREATMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NITRIC ACID; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TOLUENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FULLERENE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HAZARDOUS WASTE; NITRIC ACID; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TOLUENE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; HEAT TREATMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE AREA; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84944463579     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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