Evaluation of adsorption properties of sulphurised activated carbon for the effective and economically viable removal of Zn(II) from aqueous solutions

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 418-425

  Anoop Krishnan, K ^a   Sreejalekshmi, K G ^b   Vimexen, V ^a   Dev, Vinu V ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Bagasse pith; Isotherm; Kinetics; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; SULFUR; ZINC; BAGASSE; CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTHERM; OSMOSIS; PH; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; PROCEDURES; SUGARCANE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

INDIA; KERALA; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM;

ADSORPTION; CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; INDIA; KINETICS; SACCHARUM; SULFUR; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZINC;

EID: 84947567989     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.11.018     Document Type: Article

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