Method development for flow adsorption and removal of lead and copper in contaminated water using electrospun nanofibers of chitosan blend

Analytical Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1937-1955

  Nthumbi, Richard M ^a   Ngila, J Catherine ^a,b   Kindness, Andrew ^a   Moodley, Brenda ^a   Petrik, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption kinetics; Chitosan polyacrylamide blend; Electrospinning; Heavy metal removal; Nanofibers; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051682104     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2010.539737     Document Type: Article

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