Removal of oil by vermiculite

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 560-567

  Mysore, Deepa ^a   Viraraghavan, Thiruvenkatachari ^a   Jin, Yee Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expanded vermiculite; Hydrophobized vermiculite; Oil in aqueous medium; Oil removal; Pure oil; Sorption capacity

Indexed keywords

OIL; SORPTION; VERMICULITE;

EID: 3142530883     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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