Zinc and copper adsorption from an aqueous solution onto activated carbon

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 512-517

  Küçükgül, Enver Yaser ^a   Kutlu, Selin ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Copper; Heavy metal removal; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBON; COPPER; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; ZINC;

EID: 33746332661     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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