Equilibrium kinetics and isotherm studies of CU (II) adsorption from waste water onto alkali activated Oil palm Ash

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Chowdhury, Zaira Zaman ^a   Zain, Sharifuddin Mohd ^a   Khan, Rashid Atta ^a   Ahmed, Abdulbari Abdulrahman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB); Equilibrium data; Langmuir equation; Oil Palm Ash (OPA); Palm Shell (PS); Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); Sodium hydroxide; World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953268179     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2011.230.237     Document Type: Article

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