Removal of chromium (VI) using activated carbon-supported-functionalized carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 255-263

  Parlayici, Serife ^a   Eskizeybek, Volkan ^b   Avcı, Ahmet ^a   Pehlivan, Erol ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Carbon nanotubes; Equilibrium; Hexavalent chromium

Indexed keywords

EID: 85088212995     PISSN: 20089244     EISSN: 21938865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40097-015-0156-z     Document Type: Article

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