Breakthrough behavior of copper in a biosorption column packed with immobilized Sargassum biomass

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 989-993

  Tan, K F ^a   Chu, Khim H ^b   Hashim, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Algae; Biosorption; Fixed bed; Heavy metals; Immobilized biomass; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

BATCH SEPARATION; BIOMASS; BIOSEPARATION; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; SORPTION;

ALGAE; SARGASSUM;

EID: 0036869518     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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