Research Article: Removal of chromium from synthetic effluent using nymphaea rubra

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 787-792

  Taj, Rafi Yasmin ^a   Renganathan, Sahaderan ^a   Partha, Nagarajan ^a   Baskar, Gurunathan ^a   Velan, Manikom ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Equilibrium uptake capacity; Langmuir isotherm; Nymphaea rubra

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION;

NYMPHAEA;

EID: 70350134283     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900104     Document Type: Article

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