Rapid adsorption of toxic Pb(II) ions from aqueous solution using multiwall carbon nanotubes synthesized by microwave chemical vapor deposition technique

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 143-155

  Mubarak, Nabisab Mujawar ^a,b   Sahu, Jaya Narayan ^c   Abdullah, Ezzat Chan ^d   Jayakumar, Natesan Subramanian ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c FACULTY OF ENGINEERING   (Brunei Darussalam)

^d MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Heavy metal; Lead; Microwave; MWCNTs; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HEAVY METALS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEAD; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MICROWAVES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANOMETALLICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; YARN;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FREUNDLICH AND LANGMUIR ISOTHERMS; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; MICROWAVE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MWCNTS; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER EQUATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBON NANOTUBE; HEAVY METAL; ION; LEAD; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBE; LEAD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; KINETICS; LEAD; MICROWAVES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84964860756     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.12.025     Document Type: Article

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