Analysis of sorption efficiency of activated carbon for removal of anthracene and pyrene for wastewater treatment

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 145-150

  Rasheed, Anjum ^a   Farooq, Farah ^a   Rafique, Uzaira ^a   Nasreen, Saima ^a   Aqeel Ashraf, Muhammad ^b  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Batch adsorption; Chemisorption; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; PAH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84951877576     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1015304     Document Type: Article

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