Modification of Cereal Straws as Natural Sorbents for Removing Metal Ions from Industrial Waste Water

Cereal Straw as a Resource for Sustainable Biomaterials and Biofuels

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 219-237

  Peng, Feng ^a   Sun, Run Cang ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53234-3.00008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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