Removal of heavy metals by waste tea leaves from aqueous solution

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-162

  Ahluwalia, S S ^a   Goyal, D ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMINES; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INCINERATION; ISOTHERMS; REMOVAL; SOLUTIONS; WASTES; WASTEWATER;

BIOSORBENTS; METAL SOLUTIONS; MULTI-METALLIC MIXTURES; WASTE TEA LEAVES;

HEAVY METALS;

ADSORBENT; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SORPTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INCINERATION; ISOTHERM; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TEA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 18144421537     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200420066     Document Type: Article

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