Studies on the removal of reactive orange 16 from aqueous solution using cocoa shell carbon as an adsorbent

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 588-594

  Theivarasu, C ^a   Mylsamy, S ^a   Sivakumar, N ^b  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Department of Chemistry   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cocoa shell activated carbon; Equilibrium; Isotherm; Kinetics; Reactive orange 16

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 80054091638     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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