Selective removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater using maghemite nanoparticle: Performance and mechanisms

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 709-715

  Hu, Jing ^a   Chen, Guohua ^a   Lo, Irene M C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Desorption; Heavy metals; Industrial wastes; Industrial water

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DESORPTION; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; IRON OXIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SOL-GELS;

LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; MAGHEMITE NANOPARTICLE; SELECTIVE REMOVAL;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DESORPTION; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; IRON OXIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SOL-GELS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33745228907     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:7(709)     Document Type: Article

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