A comparative study of modified and unmodified maize tassels for removal of selected trace metals in contaminated water

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-39

  Mwangi, Isaac W ^a,b   Catherine Ngila, J ^a,b   Okonkwo, Jonathan O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ethylenediamine; maize tassels; metal sorption; modified sorbent; waste water

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIA; CADMIUM IONS; CHELATING AGENT; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTACT TIME; CONTAMINATED WATER; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; MAIZE TASSELS; METAL SORPTION; MODEL SOLUTION; MODIFIED SORBENT; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; POLLUTED WATER; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REAL SAMPLES; SECONDARY POLLUTION; SORPTION CAPACITIES; TRACE METAL; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHELATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LEACHING; LEAD; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

SORPTION;

CHELATING AGENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ISOTHERM; MAIZE; PH; SORPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRACE METAL; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84858322288     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.638636     Document Type: Article

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