Activated carbons and low cost adsorbents for remediation of tri-and hexavalent chromium from water

D Mohan, CU Pittman Jr - Journal of hazardous materials, 2006 - Elsevier
Hexavalent chromium is a well-known highly toxic metal, considered a priority pollutant.
Industrial sources of Cr (VI) include leather tanning, cooling tower blowdown, plating …

Activated carbon modifications to enhance its water treatment applications. An overview

J Rivera-Utrilla, M Sánchez-Polo… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to list and compare the advantages and disadvantages
of different methodologies to modify the surface of activated carbons (ACs) for their …

[BOOK][B] Activated carbon adsorption

RC Bansal, M Goyal - 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
High surface area, a microporous structure, and a high degree of surface reactivity make
activated carbons versatile adsorbents, particularly effective in the adsorption of organic and …

The characterization of activated carbons with oxygen and nitrogen surface groups

S Biniak, G Szymański, J Siedlewski, A Świątkowski - Carbon, 1997 - Elsevier
The physicochemical properties and the surface chemical structure of the carbon materials
obtained by the modification of the commercial activated carbon D43/1 (Carbo-Tech, Essen …

Equilibrium and kinetic studies of methyl orange and methyl violet adsorption on activated carbon derived from Phragmites australis

S Chen, J Zhang, C Zhang, Q Yue, Y Li, C Li - Desalination, 2010 - Elsevier
The adsorption of methyl orange and methyl violet from aqueous solutions by Phragmites
australis activated carbon (PAAC) was studied in a batch adsorption system. The adsorption …

Surface modification and characterisation of a coal-based activated carbon

P Chingombe, B Saha, RJ Wakeman - Carbon, 2005 - Elsevier
Surface modification of a coal-based activated carbon (F400) was performed using thermal
and chemical methods. Nitric acid oxidation of the conventional sample produced samples …

Effect of different oxidizing agent treatments on the surface properties of activated carbons

BK Pradhan, NK Sandle - Carbon, 1999 - Elsevier
Two commercially available activated carbon (activated charcoal cloth (ACC) and activated
granular carbon (AGC)) were oxidized with different oxidizing agents viz., HNO3, H2O2 and …

Jatropha curcas: A potential biofuel plant for sustainable environmental development

VC Pandey, K Singh, JS Singh, A Kumar… - … and sustainable energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Jatropha curcas L.(JCL) has been propagated as unique and potential tropical plant for
augmenting renewable energy sources due to its several merits for which it deserves to be …

Trivalent chromium removal from wastewater using low cost activated carbon derived from agricultural waste material and activated carbon fabric cloth

D Mohan, KP Singh, VK Singh - Journal of hazardous materials, 2006 - Elsevier
An efficient adsorption process is developed for the decontamination of trivalent chromium
from tannery effluents. A low cost activated carbon (ATFAC) was prepared from coconut …

Functionalization of activated carbons by HNO3 treatment: Influence of phosphorus surface groups

JJ Ternero-Hidalgo, JM Rosas, J Palomo… - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
Influence of phosphorus on functionalization of activated carbons with nitric acid has been
reviewed in this study. Results indicate that during treatment with nitric acid, phosphorus …