Sorption of malachite green by eucalyptus bark as a non-conventional low-cost biosorbent

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 201-210

  Boutemedjet, Sihem ^a   Hamdaoui, Oualid ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Batch mode; Eucalyptus bark; Malachite green; Sorption isotherm; Sorption kinetics

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 77954178719     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.684     Document Type: Article

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