Potential application of termite mound for adsorption and removal of Pb(II) from aqueous solutions

Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-382

  Abdus Salam, N ^a   Itiola, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherms; Cation exchange capacity (CEC); Desorption; Pseudo first and second order models; Termite mound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863686133     PISSN: 1735207X     EISSN: 17352428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13738-011-0047-2     Document Type: Article

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