Study of the health threatening mercury effective parameters for its removal from the aqueous solutions by using activated carbons

Life Science Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1789-1791

  Hafshejani, Maryam K ^a   Khandani, Farzaneh ^b   Heidarpour, Ramin ^c   Sedighpour, Amin ^c   Fuladvand, Hamzeh ^d   Shokuhifard, Roohollah ^c   Arad, Armin ^e  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Mercury; Surface area; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877019305     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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