Watermelon rind: Agro-waste or superior biosorbent?

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1699-1715

  Liu, Cong ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^a   Guo, Wenshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosorbent; Biosorption; Desorption; Heavy metal removal; Model; Watermelon rind

Indexed keywords

AGRO-WASTES; BATCH SYSTEMS; BIOSORBENTS; BIOSORPTION PROCESS; CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES; ECO-FRIENDLY; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; KINETIC DATA; KINETIC MODELS; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; METAL UPTAKE; MICROPRECIPITATION; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; NAOH SOLUTIONS; PB CONCENTRATION; PH RANGE; PSEUDO-SECOND-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; RESORPTION EFFICIENCIES; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATERMELON RIND;

BIOSORPTION; DESORPTION; FORESTRY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; METAL RECOVERY; MODELS; REUSABILITY; ZINC;

LEAD;

COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOSORPTION; DESORPTION; ION EXCHANGE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRECIPITATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATERMELON;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; CUCURBITACEAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 84866353559     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9521-7     Document Type: Article

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