Activated carbon from an agricultural by-product, for the treatment of dyeing industry wastewater

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-265

  Kadirvelu, K ^a   Palanival, M ^b   Kalpana, R ^b   Rajeswari, S ^c  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Agitation time; Carbonised coconut tree sawdust; Dyeing industry wastewater; pH effect

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL; DYE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; DYEING INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EID: 0034040538     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(00)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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