Removal of heavy metals from wastewater effluents by biosorptive flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1129-1138

  Aldrich, C ^a   Feng, D ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CADMIUM; COPPER; FROTH FLOTATION; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NICKEL; PH EFFECTS; PHASE SEPARATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOSORPTIVE FLOTATION; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; HEAVY METALS REMOVAL; SPHAGNUM PEAT MOSS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EID: 0034273962     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(00)00096-0     Document Type: Article

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