Removal and recovery of uranium (VI) using a fungal based low-cost biosorbent Ganoderma lucidum

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 34, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 83-96

  Kulshrestha, Mukul ^a   Venkobachar, C ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Adsorption mechanism; Biosorption; Desorption; Eluant; Equilibrium studies; Ganoderma lucidum; Kinetic studies; Removal and recovery of uranium

Indexed keywords

BIOSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DESORPTION; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; RECOVERY; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION MECHANISM; ELUANT; EQUILIBRIUM STUDY; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; KINETIC STUDY; REMOVAL AND RECOVERIES;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; URANIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

GANODERMA LUCIDUM;

EID: 54149118176     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2008.020784     Document Type: Article

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