Microwave-induced H2SO4 activation of activated carbon derived from rice agricultural wastes for sorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 21091-21104

  Mashhadi, Somaye ^a   Javadian, Hamedreza ^a   Ghasemi, Maryam ^a   Saleh, Tawfik A ^b   Gupta, Vinod Kumar ^b,c,d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Active carbon; Agricultural waste; Cationic dye; Methylene blue; Removal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DYE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SULFURIC ACID; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84955110513     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1119737     Document Type: Article

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