COMPOST AS AN ADSORBENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM

Authors
SHARMA DC FORSTER CF
Citation
Dc. Sharma et Cf. Forster, COMPOST AS AN ADSORBENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM, Process safety and environmental protection, 72(B4), 1994, pp. 234-240
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical","Engineering, Environmental
Journal title
Process safety and environmental protection → ACNP
ISSN journal
09575820
Volume
72
Issue
B4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
234 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0957-5820(1994)72:B4<234:CAAAFT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Batch trials using a coconut fibre compost as an adsorbent for hexaval ent chromium showed that the performance depended on the pH at which t he process was carried out. A pH of 2 gave the best results. An examin ation of the kinetics of absorption suggested that the process had a s econd order reaction rate and that intra-particle diffusion together w ith the chemical binding reactions were the rate controlling steps.