Application of chitosan, a natural aminopolysaccharide, for dye removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption processes using batch studies: A review of recent literature

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-447

  Crini, Grégorio ^a   Badot, Pierre Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Batch process; Biosorption; Chitosan; Dyes; Modeling and thermochemistry of biosorption

Indexed keywords

BATCH DATA PROCESSING; BIOSORPTION; DYES;

THERMOCHEMISTRY OF BIOSORPTION;

CHITOSAN;

EID: 41349097319     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2007.11.001     Document Type: Review

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