Batch adsorption studies for chromium removal

Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-16

  Sivamani, S ^a   Prince Immanuel, V ^b  

^a VINAYAKA MISSION S RESEARCH FOUNDATION DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Hexavalent chromium; Langmuir and freundlich isotherms; pH; Pongamia pinnata

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; PONGAMIA; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMIUM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PONGAMIA; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 47949085185     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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