Magnetic Nanocarbon Adsorbents with Enhanced Hexavalent Chromium Removal: Morphology Dependence of Fibrillar vs Particulate Structures

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 56, Issue 38, 2017, Pages 10689-10701

  Huang, Jiangnan ^a   Cao, Yonghai ^a   Shao, Qian ^c   Peng, Xiangfang ^a   Guo, Zhanhu ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

CARBON ADSORBENTS; CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM REMOVALS; IMPROVED ACTIVITIES; MAGNETIC CARBONS; NEUTRAL SOLUTION; PARTICULATE STRUCTURE; REMOVAL CAPACITY;

CHROMIUM;

EID: 85029162593     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b02835     Document Type: Article

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