Lead, cadmium and zinc adsorption on low grade bauxite ore

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-35

  Rout, K ^a   Mohapatra, M ^a,b   Anand, S ^a,b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Institute of Minerals and Materials Technolgy   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Freundlich isotherm; Kinetics; Lead; Low grade bauxite; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651102777     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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