The use of low-cost adsorbents for wastewater purification in mining industries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7878-7899

  Iakovleva, Evgenia ^a   Sillanpää, Mika ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

AMD; Low cost adsorbent; Mining industry; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADSORPTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; METALLURGY; MINING INDUSTRY; PURIFICATION; RADIONUCLIDE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COST; ECONOMICS; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; MINING; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; METALLURGY; METALS; MINING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84885937298     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1546-8     Document Type: Article

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