Evaluation of vermicompost as a raw natural adsorbent for adsorption of pesticide methylparathion

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-172

  Mendes, Camila Bitencourt ^a   Lima, Giovana De Fátima ^b   Alves, Vanessa Nunes ^b   Coelho, Nívia Maria Melo ^b   Dragunski, Douglas Cardoso ^c   Tarley, César Ricardo Teixeira ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Doehlert design; Methylparathion; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING; MINERAL OILS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NITRIC ACID; PESTICIDES;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTIVE CATHODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRIES; AQUEOUS EFFLUENT; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; BATCH ADSORPTION; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DOEHLERT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; LANGMUIRS; LOW COSTS; METHYL PARATHION; NATURAL ADSORBENTS; NATURAL MATERIALS; NITRIC ACID SOLUTIONS; SQUARE-WAVE; STRONG INTERACTION; VERMICOMPOSTS;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORBENT; MINERAL OIL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NITRIC ACID; PARATHION METHYL;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPOST; ELECTRODE; PERCOLATION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; EFFLUENT; PH; POTENTIOMETRY; VERMICOMPOST;

EID: 84859720926     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.554890     Document Type: Article

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