Chromium (VI) uptake from aqueous solution by adsorption onto timber industry waste

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 238-246

  Bansal, Manjeet ^a   Singh, Diwan ^a   Garg, V K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Chromium; Desorption; Isotherm; Sawdust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954409973     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.937     Document Type: Article

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