Title
Entrapment of tyre crumb rubber in calcium-alginate beads for triclosan removal
Date Issued
01 December 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
University of Puerto Rico
Abstract
The adsorption of triclosan (TCS) from aqueous media using tyre crumb rubber entrapped in calcium-alginate beads (TCR/CaAG beads) was investigated through batch experiments. In addition, the effect of solution pH on removal efficiency was also investigated. The maximum adsorption of TCS onto TCR/CaAG beads was approximately 83% at pH 7. The Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm models were used to depict the sorption process. Adsorbent reusability was investigated by performing a series of sorption/desorption experiments. The experimental results suggest that the TCR/CaAG beads are effective agents for the removal of TCS from an aqueous medium.
Start page
931
End page
942
Volume
31
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84894422562
Source
Adsorption Science and Technology
ISSN of the container
02636174
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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