Arsenic bioremediation by low cost materials derived from Blue Pine (Pinus wallichiana) and Walnut (Juglans regia)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-94

  Saqib, Ahmad Nauman Shah ^a   Waseem, Amir ^a   Khan, Ather Farooq ^b   Mahmood, Qaisar ^a   Khan, Afsar ^a   Habib, Amir ^c   Khan, Abdur Rahman ^a  

^a Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic remediation; Biosorption; Blue Pine; Natural water; Walnut shell

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMEDIATIONS; ARSENIC REMOVAL; BIOSORBENTS; BLUE PINE; CHICK PEA; CONTACT TIME; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; LOW COSTS; NATURAL WATERS; PINE WOODS; WALNUT SHELLS; WATER SAMPLES;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTHERMS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ISOTHERM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

CICER ARIETINUM; JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA; PINUS WALLICHIANA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84871985661     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.063     Document Type: Article

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