Removal of heavy metals from textile wastewater using zeolite

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 3, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 124-130

  Halimoon, Normala ^a   Yin, Rachel Goh Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alum; Heavy metals; Textile wastewater; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE TREATMENT; ZEOLITE;

EID: 76849115598     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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