Performance of ozone treated rice husk carbon (OTRHC) for continuous adsorption of Cr (VI) ions from synthetic effluent

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Sugashini, Sivaraju ^a   Begum, Khadhar Mohamed Meera Sheriffa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Continuous adsorption; Cr (VI); Modelling; Ozone treatment; Rice husk carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883371644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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