Advances in preconcentration/removal of environmentally relevant heavy metal ions from water and wastewater by sorbents based on polyurethane foam

Reviews in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 403-420

  Teodosiu, Carmen ^a   Wenkert, Rodica ^b   Tofan, Lavinia ^a   Paduraru, Carmen ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

heavy metals; polyurethane foam; sorbents; wastewater; water

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ECONOMICS; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; METAL IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SORBENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; HEAVY METAL ION REMOVAL; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84904975171     PISSN: 01678299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revce-2013-0036     Document Type: Article

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