Mistakes and inconsistencies regarding adsorption of contaminants from aqueous solutions: A critical review

Water Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-116

  Tran, Hai Nguyen ^a   You, Sheng Jie ^a   Hosseini Bandegharaei, Ahmad ^b,c   Chao, Huan Ping ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Comment; Critical review; Inconsistency; Mistake; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS AND ISOTHERM; ADSORPTION MECHANISM; ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; COMMENT; CRITICAL REVIEW; INCONSISTENCY; MISTAKE; WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORBENT; CATION; CHROMIUM; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTION KINETICS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SURFACE AREA; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DIFFUSION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ERROR; HUMAN; ISOTHERM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NOMENCLATURE; OXIDATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERFORMANCE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SURFACE AREA; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME; KINETICS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85018357195     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.014     Document Type: Review

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