Adsorption of Zn2+ and Ni2+ in a binary aqueous solution by biosorbents derived from sawdust and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1419-1427

  Gwenzi, Willis ^a   Musarurwa, Tinashe ^a   Nyamugafata, Phillip ^a   Chaukura, Nhamo ^b   Chaparadza, Allen ^c   Mbera, Sharron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b HARARE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^c The College of St Scholastica   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biosorbents; Sawdust; Sulphonation; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

SAWDUST;

BINARY AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOSORBENTS; SULPHONATION; WATER HYACINTH;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; NICKEL; ZINC; BIOCHAR; CARBON; CHARCOAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUATIC PLANT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOMASS; COST ANALYSIS; ISOTHERM; NICKEL; PH; PYROLYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WOODY DEBRIS; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BIOMASS; BIOSORPTION; CATION EXCHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTHERM; MOISTURE; PYROLYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAWDUST; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTENT; ZETA POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; EICHHORNIA; PH; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WOOD;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHARCOAL; EICHHORNIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NICKEL; SOLUTIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WOOD; ZINC;

EID: 84908870269     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.391     Document Type: Article

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