KOH-activated carbon prepared from sucrose spherical carbon: Adsorption equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies for Methylene Blue removal

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 286, Issue , 2016, Pages 476-484

  Bedin, Karen C ^a   Martins, Alessandro C ^a   Cazetta, André L ^a   Pezoti, Osvaldo ^a   Almeida, Vitor C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adsorption models; Chemical activation; Dyes; Porosity; Spherical carbon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DYES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROPOROUS MATERIALS; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; ADSORPTION MODEL; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; KOH ACTIVATED CARBONS; REDLICH-PETERSON MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84947087456     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.10.099     Document Type: Article

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