Agricultural waste as a low cost adsorbent for heavy metal removal from wastewater

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2152-2157

  Egila, J N ^a   Dauda, B E N ^b   Iyaka, Y A ^b   Jimoh, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Amaranthus hybridus stalk; Carica papaya seeds; Contact time; Lead; Manganese

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958753901     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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