Benzene and toluene removal by carbon nanotubes fromaqueous solution

Archives of Environmental Protection

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-25

  Bina, Bijan ^a   Amin, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Rashidi, Alimorad ^b   Pourzamani, Hamidreza ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benzene; Carbon nanotube; Isofit; Toluene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859262900     PISSN: 03248461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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