Equilibrium and spectroscopic studies on biosorption of mercury by algae biomass

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 777-782

  Rezaee, Abbas ^a   Ramavandi, Bahman ^a   Ganati, Faezeh ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Algae; Isotherm; Langmuir; Mercury; Spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 33646378919     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.777.782     Document Type: Article

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