Separation of the chromium(III) present in a tanning wastewater by means of precipitation, reverse osmosis and adsorption

Latin American Applied Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-71

  Hintermeyer, B H ^a,b   Lacour, N A ^a   Perez Padilla, A ^b   Tavani, E L ^a  

^a Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Chromium(III); Precipitation; Reverse Osmosis; Tanning Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749118086     PISSN: 03270793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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