Preliminary assessment of the performance of oyster shells and chitin materials as adsorbents in the removal of saxitoxin in aqueous solutions

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Melegari, Silvia P ^a   Matias, William G ^a,b  

^a Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Adsorption kinetic; Chitin; Oyster shell; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864941422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-6-86     Document Type: Article

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