Studies on the removal of dyes by adsorption on orange peel

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 410-416

  Kannan, N ^a   Ramamoorthy, K ^a  

^a AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherms; Congo red; Dyes; First order kinetic equations; Low cost adsorbent; Orange peel; Removal; Rhodamine B; Weber and Morris intra particle diffusion model

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844577299     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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