The potential use of kenaf as a bioadsorbent for the removal of Copper and Nickel from single and binary aqueous solution

Journal of Natural Fibers

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-275

  Hasfalina, C M ^a   Maryam, R Z ^a   Luqman, C A ^a   Rashid, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Binary aqueous; Bioadsorbent; Heavy metal; Kenaf; Modified extended freundlich; Modified extended langmuir

Indexed keywords

BINARY AQUEOUS; BIOADSORBENT; FREUNDLICH; KENAF; LANGMUIRS;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY METALS; HEMP; SOLUTIONS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

EID: 78650054036     PISSN: 15440478     EISSN: 1544046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15440478.2010.527508     Document Type: Article

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