Sorption of mercury (II) from aqueous solution by Okoume sawdust

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 285-292

  Guechi, El Khamssa ^a   Bendebane, Farida ^a   Aisset, Aissa ^a   Malaoui, Rabah ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Isotherm; Kinetics; Mercury (II); Okoume sawdust; Sorption; Valorise of waste; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856982102     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2012.1828     Document Type: Article

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