Corrigendumto: Study of modern nano enhanced techniques for removal of dyes and metals (Journal of Nanomaterials (2014) 2014 (864914) DOI: 10.1155/2014/864914);Study of modern nano enhanced techniques for removal of dyes and metals

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Batool, Samavia ^a   Akib, Shatirah ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^b   Balkhair, Khaled S ^c   Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; SEWAGE; STRIPPING (DYES); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84902208013     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2019/9104563     Document Type: Erratum

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