Enhanced adsorption of benzene vapor on granular activated carbon under humid conditions due to shifts in hydrophobicity and total micropore volume

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 318, Issue , 2016, Pages 425-432

  Liu, Han Bing ^a   Yang, Bing ^a   Xue, Nan Dong ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption capacity; Granular activated carbon; PDMS coating; Surface hydrophobicity; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; COATINGS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROCHANNELS; MICROPOROSITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICONES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ENHANCED ADSORPTIONS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SELECTIVE ADSORPTION; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; DIMETICONE; NANOCOATING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BENZENE; BIOMARKER; COATING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ANGLE; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTHERM; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TITRIMETRY; VAPOR; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84989871777     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.07.026     Document Type: Article

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