Removal of copper from industrial wastewaters by activated carbon prepared from periwinkle shells

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-252

  Badmus, Muslih Olalekan Adegoke ^a,b   Audu, Thomas Okpo Kimble ^a   Anyata, Benedict ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batch; Copper adsorption; Industrial wastewaters; Kinetic model; Periwinkle shell

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249880370     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11814-007-5049-5     Document Type: Article

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