Cork stoppers as an effective sorbent for water treatment: The removal of mercury at environmentally relevant concentrations and conditions

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2108-2121

  Lopes, Cláudia B ^a   Oliveira, Joana R ^a   Rocha, Luciana S ^a   Tavares, Daniela S ^a   Silva, Carlos M ^a   Silva, Susana P ^b   Hartog, Niels ^c   Duarte, Armando C ^a   Pereira, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Corticeira Amorim SGPS SAS ^*  (Portugal)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cork; Ionic competition; Kinetic modelling; Mercury; Metal removal; Recycling; Sorption

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; METHODOLOGY; OAK; PH; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MERCURY; QUERCUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84895076477     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2104-0     Document Type: Article

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