Surface Science of Adsorbents and Nanoadsorbents
Properties and Applications in Environmental Remediation
- 1st Edition, Volume 34 - September 18, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Tawfik Abdo Saleh
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 4 9 8 7 6 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 8 6 0 - 3
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Request a sales quoteSurface Science of Adsorbents and Nanoadsorbents, Volume 34: Properties and Applications in Environmental Remediation presents a unique collection of timely information on the surface science of adsorbents and nanoadsorbents. The book offers a perfect source to document developments and innovations, ranging from materials development and characterization of properties, to applications that encompass the enhancement of sorption, degradation processes, and their usage for the removal of different pollutants, including heavy metals, dyes and pesticides, etc. It is written for post-graduate students, scientists in academia and industry, chemical engineers, and water-quality monitoring agencies working in water treatment, efficient materials, nanomaterials development and quality control.
- Provides the theoretical and scientific foundation for understanding synthesis and applications in nano adsorbent material
- Presents numerous examples to help users gain an understanding of each subject
- Includes a variety of illustrations that further enhance the content
Postgraduate students, scientists in academia and industry, chemical engineers, and water-quality monitoring agencies working in the field of water treatment, efficient materials and nanomaterials development and quality control
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Interface Science and Technology
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter 1. Overview of surface and interface science
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bulk materials and nanomaterials
- 3. Science of nanomaterials
- 4. Surface science and interface
- 5. Application of surface science
- 6. Theories of surface science
- Chapter 2. Adsorption technology and surface science
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Adsorption and absorption
- 3. Adhesion
- 4. Tribology
- 5. Adsorption terms
- 6. Classification of adsorption process
- 7. Factors affecting degree of adsorption
- 8. Requirements for sorbents
- 9. Interactions
- 10. BET theory
- 11. Adsorption principles
- 12. Adsorption equilibrium
- 13. Conclusions
- Chapter 3. Kinetic models and thermodynamics of adsorption processes: classification
- 1. Adsorption reaction models and empirical models
- 2. Mass transfer
- 3. Mass transfer models
- 4. External diffusion models
- 5. Internal diffusion models
- 6. Pore volume and surface diffusion model
- 7. Models for adsorption onto active sites
- 8. Biot number
- 9. Adsorption process and model evaluation
- 10. Adsorption thermodynamics
- 11. Conclusions
- Chapter 4. Isotherm models of adsorption processes on adsorbents and nanoadsorbents
- 1. Isotherm adsorption models
- 2. Adsorption empirical isotherms
- 3. Adsorption models based on Polanyi's potential theory
- 4. Chemical adsorption models
- 5. Physical adsorption models
- 6. Classification based on parameters
- 7. Applications of adsorption isotherms
- 8. Conclusions
- Chapter 5. Development and synthesis of nanoparticles and nanoadsorbents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Classification of nanoadsorbents
- 3. Classification of nanoadsorbents
- 4. Approaches for preparation of adsorbents and nanoadsorbents
- 5. Preparation of nanomaterials
- 6. Biotechnological approach
- 7. Microwave-assisted synthesis of nanomaterials
- 8. Synthesis of polymers
- 9. Preparation of nanocomposites
- 10. Conclusions
- Chapter 6. Large-scale production of nanomaterials and adsorbents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Prerequisites of introducing nanomaterials
- 3. Manufacturing, industry, and academia
- 4. Terminologies used in the scale-up process
- 5. Steps in scale-up production of a material
- 6. Gas-, liquid-, and solid-based methods
- 7. Advantages of liquid-based wet chemical methods
- 8. Large-scale production of nanomaterials
- 9. Requirements for scale-up
- 10. Challenges to scale up nanomaterial production
- 11. Converting waste materials into adsorbents
- 12. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Characterization and description of adsorbents and nanomaterials
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Properties to be determined
- 3. Characterization of nanomaterials as adsorbents
- 4. Structural characterization
- 5. Surface characterization
- 6. Elemental analysis
- 7. Crystallinity characterization
- 8. Morphology
- 9. Pore structure, size, and surface area
- 10. Surface charge
- 11. Thermal stability
- 12. Biological evaluation
- 13. Mechanical properties
- 14. Magnetic properties
- 15. Benefits of nanomaterials characterization for industry
- 16. Challenges with nanomaterials
- 17. Conclusions
- Chapter 8. Properties of nanoadsorbents and adsorption mechanisms
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Comparison between properties of adsorbents and nanoadsorbents
- 3. Why nanomaterials?
- 4. Properties of nanomaterials as adsorbents
- 5. Factors affecting properties and performance of nanomaterials
- 6. Types of nanoadsorbents according to their properties
- 7. Adsorption system
- 8. Adsorption mechanisms
- 9. Key features in nanoadsorbents
- 10. Conclusions
- Chapter 9. Reactors and procedures used for environmental remediation
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Potential uses of nanomaterials
- 3. Nanomaterial applications in water treatment
- 4. Treatment technologies and methods
- 5. Batch adsorption reactors for evaluating nanomaterials
- 6. Column adsorption reactors for evaluating nanomaterials
- 7. Reactors to evaluate nanomaterial-based membranes
- 8. Reactors to evaluate nanocatalyst photodegradation activity
- 9. Hybrid technologies for water treatment
- 10. Conclusions
- Chapter 10. Applications of nanomaterials to environmental remediation
- 1. Introduction on the adsorption process
- 2. Adsorption
- 3. Adsorption in removing pollutants from water
- 4. Nanoadsorbents
- 5. Pilot scale
- 6. Limitations of nanomaterials for water applications and future trends
- 7. Conclusion
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 34
- Published: September 18, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 342
- No. of pages (eBook): 342
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128498767
- eBook ISBN: 9780128118603
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Tawfik Abdo Saleh
Dr. Tawfik Abdo Saleh is a faculty member in the Chemistry Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. He has published several papers in international refereed journals and conference proceedings, has authored and edited several books and book chapters, and he is a member of several local and international scientific societies. He has supervised many graduate students. His expertise includes, but is not limited to, the synthesis, design, and preparation of materials, nanomaterials, nanocomposites, and hybrid materials and their applications. His expertise also includes materials characterization using various techniques.
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Faculty Member, Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaRead Surface Science of Adsorbents and Nanoadsorbents on ScienceDirect