Adsorption capacity of coconut (cocos nucifera L.) shell for lead, copper, cadmium and arsenic from aqueous solutions

International Journal of Electrochemical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 12354-12369

  Okafor, P C ^a   Okon, P U ^a   Daniel, E F ^a   Ebenso, E E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Adsorption capacity; Aqueous solutions; Coconut shell; Freundlich isotherm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871162893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14523981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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