The use of date palm as a potential adsorbent for wastewater treatment: A review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1464-1484

  Ahmad, Tanweer ^a   Danish, Mohammad ^a   Rafatullah, Mohammad ^a   Ghazali, Arniza ^a   Sulaiman, Othman ^a   Hashim, Rokiah ^a   Ibrahim, Mohamad Nasir Mohamad ^b  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Adsorption; Adsorption capacities; Biomass; Date palm; Pollutants

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; COLORING AGENT; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DYE; HEAVY METAL; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARECACEAE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARECACEAE; BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; COLORING AGENTS; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARECACEAE; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 84863216055     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0709-8     Document Type: Review

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