Valuation of Unmodified Rice Husk Waste as an Eco-Friendly Sorbent to Remove Mercury: A Study Using Environmental Realistic Concentrations

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Rocha, Luciana S ^a   Lopes, Cláudia B ^a   Borges, J A ^b   Duarte, A C ^a   Pereira, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Alto Brenha Brenha   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contaminated waters; Mercury; Remediation; Rice husk; Waste

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY; MERCURY (METAL); REMEDIATION; SORPTION; WASTES; WATER POLLUTION;

CLEANING TREATMENT; CONTAMINATED WATER; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIONS; RICE HUSK; SORPTION CAPACITIES;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); KINETICS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MODELING; REMEDIATION; RICE; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOSORPTION; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FILM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTHERM; RECYCLING; RICE HUSK; SEED HUSK; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84879064008     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1599-9     Document Type: Article

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