Using Magnetically Responsive Tea Waste to Remove Lead in Waters under Environmentally Relevant Conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Yeo, Siang Yee ^a   Choi, Siwon ^b   Dien, Vivian ^b   Sow Peh, Yoke Keow ^c   Qi, Genggeng ^d   Hatton, T Alan ^b   Doyle, Patrick S ^b   Thio, Beng Joo Reginald ^a  

^a SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Hwa Chong Institution   (Singapore)

^d Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNETITE; RAIN; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNET; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEA; WASTE WATER;

ADSORPTION; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POWDERS; RAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEA; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84879270597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066648     Document Type: Article

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