Studies on the use of oyster, snail and periwinkle shells as adsorbents for the removal of Pb2+ from aqueous solution

E-Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Odoemelam, Stevens A ^a   Eddy, Nnabuk Okon ^b  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Animal shells; Aqueous effluents; Lead ions; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349577987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09734945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/407549     Document Type: Article

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