Biosorption of copper, zinc and cadmium using sodium hydroxide immersed Cymbopogon schoenanthus L. Spreng (lemon grass)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 186-189

  Zuo, XiaoJun ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^b   Fu, DaFang ^a   Li, He ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Cymbopogon schoenanthus; FTIR spectra; Metals; Sodium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

CONTACT TIME; CYMBOPOGON; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FT-IR SPECTRUM; LANGMUIR EQUATION; METAL UPTAKE; MULTI-METALS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; SORPTION MECHANISM; SORPTION SITES;

BIOSORPTION; CADMIUM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METALS; SODIUM; ZINC;

COPPER;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; HYDROXIDE; ISOTHERM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SORPTION;

CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS;

EID: 84867095400     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.027     Document Type: Article

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