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Synthetic adsorbents and activated carbons for water treatment: overview and experimental comparisons
Author(s) -
Weber Walter J.,
Vliet Benjamin M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1981.tb04752.x
Subject(s) - adsorption , activated carbon , trace (psycholinguistics) , water treatment , biochemical engineering , environmental science , process engineering , chemistry , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , engineering , philosophy , linguistics
The first of a two‐part series evaluating alternative adsorbents for removal of trace organics from water supplies, this paper presents an overview of previous work and an experimental comparison of representative granular activated carbons and eight of the more promising synthetic adsorbents for adsorption of selected classes of organic compounds. Particular emphasis is placed on comparative equilibrium performance. The second part of the series provides a statistical analysis of the comparative data and an interpretation of factors controlling the performance characteristics of adsorbents for water treatment applications.