Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=gcec20 Download by: [Universite Laval] Date: 29 September 2015, At: 10:39 Chemical Engineering Communications ISSN: 0098-6445 (Print) 1563-5201 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/gcec20 Competitive Separation of Lead, Cadmium, and Nickel from Aqueous Solutions Using Activated Carbon: Response Surface Modeling, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamic Studies Mohammad Kavand, Mansooreh Soleimani, Tahereh Kaghazchi & Neda Asasian To cite this article: Mohammad Kavand, Mansooreh Soleimani, Tahereh Kaghazchi & Neda Asasian (2016) Competitive Separation of Lead, Cadmium, and Nickel from Aqueous Solutions Using Activated Carbon: Response Surface Modeling, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamic Studies, Chemical Engineering Communications, 203:1, 123-135, DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2014.962691 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00986445.2014.962691 Accepted online: 09 Oct 2014. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 35 View related articles View Crossmark data