Adsorption behavior of phenol on residual soil - Multiwalled carbon nanotubes mixtures

Author

Nuraini, Rika ; Taha, Mohd Raihan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Struct. Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

157

Lastpage

159

Abstract

Study on the adsorption properties of an organic volatile contaminant on residual soil mixed with multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) is presented. The soil samples were thoroughly characterized for their physical chemical properties and composition, particularly organic matter. The adsorption isotherms are well described by both Langmuir and Freundlich models. The result shows that MWNT can be good for phenol adsorbers. The adsorption characteristics were affected by parameters such as variation of pH on soil MWNT mixtures. The amounts of adsorbed phenol contaminant were affected by method of batch adsorption equilibrium and have a great potential application in environmental protection.

Keywords

adsorption; carbon nanotubes; organic compounds; pollution control; soil; Freundlich model; Langmuir model; adsorption isotherms; batch adsorption equilibrium; environmental protection; multiwalled carbon nanotube; organic volatile contaminant; pH variation effects; phenol adsorption behavior; residual soil-MWNT mixture; soil composition; soil organic matter; soil physical chemical properties; Nanotubes; Powders; MWNT; adsorption; batch adsorption test; phenol; residual soil;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental Engineering and Applications (ICEEA), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8619-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8621-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596117

Filename

5596117