Removal of ethidium bromide by carbon nanotube in aqueous solution: isotherms, equilibrium mechanism studies, and its comparison with nanoscale of zero valent iron as adsorbent

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Najafi, Fahimeh ^a   Norouzi, Mehdi ^b   Zare, Karim ^c,d   Fakhri, Ali ^e  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethidium bromide; Isotherms; Kinetics; NZVI; Removal; Single walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

EID: 85135226967     PISSN: 20089244     EISSN: 21938865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-8865-3-60     Document Type: Article

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