1. Adsorption of Cr (VI) Oxyanions onto Modified Wood Pulp.
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Abdel-Halim, E. S., Abou-Okeil, A., and Hashem, A.
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WOOD-pulp , *EPICHLOROHYDRIN , *DIMETHYLAMINE , *ADSORPTION (Chemistry) , *ATMOSPHERIC temperature - Abstract
A new adsorbent was prepared from wood pulp (WP) after reaction with epichlorohydrin and dimethylamine in the presence of pyridine and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF). The adsorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solutions by the so-prepared wood pulp adsorbent (WP-A) was investigated. Various factors affecting adsorption, such as pH, adsorbent concentration (1–5 g/L), agitation time (5–60 min), and Cr (VI) concentration (50–700), were taken into consideration. The adsorption of Cr (VI) onto (WP-A) was found to be pH-dependent and maximum adsorption was obtained at pH 3. The adsorption data obeyed Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms. The Langmuir adsorption capacity (Q max ) was found to be 588.24 mg/g. Freundlich constants, K F and n, were found to be 55.03 and 2.835, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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