Study on the removal of heavy metal ions from industry waste by carbon nanotubes: Effect of the surface modification: A review

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 93-118

  Gupta, V K ^a,b,c   Moradi, O ^d   Tyagi, I ^a   Agarwal, S ^a,c   Sadegh, H ^e   Shahryari Ghoshekandi, R ^e   Makhlouf, A S H ^f   Goodarzi, M ^g   Garshasbi, A ^h  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^g Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry   (Italy)

^h University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Adsorption; Carbon Nanotubes; Heavy Metal Ions; Surface Modification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; METAL IONS; METALS; NANOTUBES; REMOVAL; STRUCTURAL METALS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; YARN;

ADSORPTION MECHANISM; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; INDUSTRY WASTES; REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS; SORPTION PERFORMANCE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ADSORBENT; CARBON NANOTUBE; HEAVY METAL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FULLERENE; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IONIC COMPOSITION; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALKYLATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BINDING SITE; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; COVALENT BOND; CYCLOADDITION; DEGRADATION; DERIVATIZATION; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; ELECTROPHILICITY; FENTON REACTION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION; PH; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84949113150     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2015.1061874     Document Type: Review

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