Chromium VI and cadmium II removal from aqueous solutions by olive stones

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 393-401

  Rouibah, K ^a,b   Meniai, A H ^a   Rouibah, M T ^a,b   Deffous, L ^a,b   Lehocine, M Bencheikh ^a  

^a Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cadmium; Chromium; Isotherm; Olive stones; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954221394     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1690     Document Type: Article

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