Biosorption of reactive dyes: A review

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2417-2435

  Asgher, Mahwish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Chemical modification; Immobilization: equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic modeling; Reactive dyes; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOSORBENTS; BIOSORPTION CAPACITY; BIOSORPTION PROCESS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COMPLEX AROMATIC STRUCTURES; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DYEING EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; FINISHING TECHNOLOGY; FTIR; HUMAN USE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REACTIVE DYES; REGENERATION; SYNTHETIC DYES; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WATERSOLUBLE;

BIOSORPTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; HAZARDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DYE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL SULFONE;

DYE; EFFLUENT; IMMOBILIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SORPTION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOSORPTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA MEMBRANAEFACIENS; CANDIDA QUILLIERMENDII; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EFFLUENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; LAMINARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PICHIA JADINII; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SOLID WASTE; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES RIMOSUS; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 84862182631     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1034-z     Document Type: Review

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