Sorption of perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluoroheptanoic acid on granular activated carbon

Chemosphere

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 2336-2342

  Zhang, Di ^a,b   Luo, Qi ^b   Gao, Bin ^c   Chiang, Sheau Yun Dora ^d   Woodward, David ^d   Huang, Qingguo ^b  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^d AECOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuated total reflection fourier transform infrared (ATR FTIR); Granular activated carbon (GAC); Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAAs); Sorption isotherm; Sorption kinetics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KETONES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; SORPTION KINETICS;

SORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FLUOROCARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; HYDROCARBON; KETONE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SULFONATE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; CHARCOAL; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; SORPTION; SULFONATE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FREUNDLICH MODEL; HALOGENATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; CHARCOAL; FLUOROCARBONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84953790331     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.10.124     Document Type: Article

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