Arsenic removal from an aqueous solution by a modified fungal biomass

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 549-552

  Pokhrel, D ^a   Viraraghavan, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic removal; Aspergillus niger; Fungal biomass; Iron oxide coating

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOMASS; COATINGS; FUNGI; IRON OXIDES; PH EFFECTS;

ARSENIC REMOVAL; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL BIOMASS; IRON OXIDE COATING;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; IRON OXIDE;

ARSENIC; BIOMASS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COATINGS; FUNGI; IRON OXIDES; PH EFFECTS; WATER TREATMENT;

POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGAL BIOMASS; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 31744435497     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.11.040     Document Type: Article

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