Pods from albizia lebbek as a novel water softening biosorbent

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 541-546

  Fernandez, N ^a   Chacin, E ^a   Garcia, C ^a   Alastre, N ^b   Leal, F ^b   Forster, C F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Albizia lebbek; Calcium; Langmuir; Water softening

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PH;

ADSORPTION RATES; ALBIZIA LEBBEK; FREUNDLICH EQUATIONS; LANGMUIR EQUATION; LANGMUIRS; SPECIFIC ADSORPTION; THREE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES; WATER SOFTENING;

ADSORPTION;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; PH; PLANT SEED; REACTION TIME;

ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ALBIZIA LEBBEK;

EID: 0029917729     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331708616416     Document Type: Article

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