Index
A
Activated carbon, 4
Adsorbates, 47
Adsorption, 3
Adsorption capacity, 4, 102
B
Breakthrough studies, 107
C
Chemical adsorption, 3
Chemical modification, 48
Chemical precipitation, 26
Chitin and Chitosan, 9
Contaminants, 1
Cross-linking reaction, 26
D
Damage, 2
Degradation, 25
Degree of binding affinity, 52
Degree of grafting, 142
Degree of protonation, 121
Depolymerization, 35
Desorption, 73
Diffraction, 143
Dimensionless Reynolds number, 119
E
Effectiveness factor, 118
Electrochemical treatment, 26
Equilibrium adsorbate concentration, 122
Equilibrium constant, 78
External diffusion, 151
F
Free energy change, 77
Freundlich model, 41
Functional groups, 116
G
Gel beads, 48
Graft, 49
H
Harmful, 2
Hazardous, 1, 2
I
Intraparticle diffusion, 55
L
Langmuir model, 41
M
Marquardt’s Percent Standard Deviation
(MPSD), 39
Maximum contaminant level, 1
Membrane separation, 26
Modification, 25
N
N-deacetylation, 72
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