title: Removal of fluoride from water by carbon nanotube supported alumina.
abstract: This paper describes a new adsorption material carbon nanotube supported alumina, used for fluoride removal from water. The effects of calcination temperature, alumina loading and pH on fluoride removal capacity were investigated. The optimum calcination temperature for preparing the adsorbents is 450 degrees C and the largest adsorption capacity takes place at alumina loading of 30 wt%. The broad pH range of 6.0-9.0 with high adsorption capability suggests that carbon nanotube supported alumina have great potential applications in practice. The adsorption data at different pH were well fitted to the Freundlich isotherm. The kinetic studies show that the adsorption reaction of fluoride removal by carbon nanotube supported alumina can be described by a second orderrate equation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Luan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007700:Kinetics; D012666:Semiconductors; D013696:Temperature; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D002244:Carbon; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D005459:Fluorides