Mercury sorption by silica/carbon nanotubes and silica/activated carbon: A comparison study

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 892-903

  Saleh, Tawfik A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adsorption; Kinetics; Mercury; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME KINETICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONS; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; MERCURY (METAL); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOLUTIONS; YARN;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; INTRAPARTICLE DIFFUSION MODELS; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ISOTHERM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA;

EID: 84955442003     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2015.050     Document Type: Article

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