Super absorbent polymers in environmental remediation

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-234

  Dhodapkar, R ^a   Borde, P ^a   Nandy, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption kinetics; Intraparticle diffusion; Jalshakti; Methylene Blue dye; Super absorbent polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952359530     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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