Removal of mercury from water by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 591-598

  Tawabini, B ^a   Al Khaldi, S ^b   Atieh, M ^a   Khaled, M ^a  

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

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (cnts); Heavy metals; Mercury; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; HEAVY WATER; MERCURY (METAL); MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

ADSORPTION MECHANISM; ADSORPTIVE CAPACITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT TIME; CONTAMINATED WATER; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODELS; MERCURY; MERCURY ADSORPTION; MIXING RATES; PH LEVELS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SECOND-ORDER REACTION; WATER SAMPLES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

MERCURY; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NANOTECHNOLOGY; PH; SLURRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ISOTHERM; PH; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 85000259334     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.897     Document Type: Article

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