Removal of methyl orange and methylene blue dyes from wastewater using sawdust and sawdust-fly ash as sorbents

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1255-1262

  Lucaci, Dora ^a   Duta, Anca ^b  

^a Institute of Forest Research and Management   (Romania)

^b TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Dye removal; Sawdust; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; POPULUS ALBA; SALIX;

EID: 84855455977     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2011.180     Document Type: Article

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