A comparative evaluation of sorbents for the treatment of complex metal-bearing laboratory wastewaters

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-479

  Vijayaraghavan, K ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biosorption; Precipitation; Wastewater treatment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883767160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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