Simultaneous removal of aluminum, iron, copper, zinc, and lead from aqueous solution using raw and chemically treated African beech wood sawdust

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 16-18, 2013, Pages 3558-3575

  Abdel Ghani, Nour T ^a   El Chaghaby, Ghadir A ^b   Helal, Farag S ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b PLANT PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c Science and Technology Center of Excellence   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adsorption; African beech; Desorption; Langmuir; Pseudo second order kinetic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877895831     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.750806     Document Type: Article

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