Treatment of chrome plating wastewater (Cr+6) using activated alumina

Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-82

  Sarkar, Sudipta ^a,b   Gupta, Anirban ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b M N Dastur and Co Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Activated alumina; Adsorption; Electroplating wastewater; Hexavalent chromium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; HEAVY METAL; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; METAL EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PH; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; ELECTROPLATING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 1542506095     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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