Utilization of an agricultural waste material, melon (Cucumis melo L.) peel, as a sorbent for the removal of cadmium from aqueous phase

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 21, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 228-237

  Hamdaoui, Oualid ^a   Saoudi, Fethi ^a   Chiha, Mahdi ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Equilibrium; Kinetics; Melon peel; Sorption

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 78449297058     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1508     Document Type: Article

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