Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Water Treatment

Nanoscale Multifunctional Materials: Science and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 321-368

  Upadhyayula, Venkata K K ^a   Ruparelia, Jayesh P ^b   Agrawal, Abinash ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b NIRMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CNT application removing natural organic matter (NOM); CNTs as adsorbent media in water treatment; CNTs in water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886005215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118114063.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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