Determination of Cr, Pb and Ni in water, sludge and plants from settling ponds of a sewage treatment works

Water SA

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 723-728

  Moodley, Kandasamy G ^a   Baijnath, Himansu ^b   Southway Ajulu, Florence A ^b   Maharaj, Saroja ^a   Chetty, Sathianathan R ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Plants; Uptake; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; NICKEL; PLANTS (BOTANY);

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETER (ICP-MS); INDUSTRIAL LANDFILLS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HEAVY METALS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; NICKEL; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEACHATE; LEAD; NICKEL; PLANT; POND; SLUDGE; STREAM; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36049000467     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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