Removal of azo dye from aqueous solution by a low-cost activated carbon prepared from coal: adsorption kinetics, isotherms study, and DFT simulation
Saeed Ullah Jan, Aziz Ahmad, Adnan Ali Khan, Saad Melhi, Iftikhar Ahmad, Guohua Sun, Cheng-Meng Chen, Rashid Ahmad
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AdsorptionSorbentEndothermic processActivated carbonSorptionEnthalpyChemistryLangmuir adsorption modelAqueous solutionBET theoryZeta potentialKineticsSurface chargeChemical engineeringPhysical chemistryThermodynamicsEngineeringQuantum mechanicsNanoparticlePhysicsAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalExtraction and Separation ProcessesAnalytical chemistry methods development