Mercury removal by some soils of Japan from aquatic environment

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-510

  Bhakta, Jatindra Nath ^a   Munekage, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mercury; Removal efficiency; SEM EDS; Soils; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956965756     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2010.070     Document Type: Article

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