Immobilization of Chitosan onto carbon nanotubes for lead removal from water

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2705-2708

  Alkhatib, Ma'an F ^a   Mirghani, Mohamed E S ^a   Qudsieh, Isam Y ^b   Husain, Iman A F ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chitosan; Immobilization; Lead; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

ADSORBENT MATERIALS; CENTER POINTS; COVALENT LINK; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FUNCTIONALIZED; REMOVAL CAPACITY; SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS;

LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 78049242560     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.2705.2708     Document Type: Article

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