Water and wastewater treatment from BTEX by carbon nanotubes and Nano-Fe

Water Resources

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 719-727

  Bina, Bijan ^a   Amin, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Rashidi, Alimorad ^b   Pourzamani, Hamidreza ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

BTEX; carbon nanotube; nano Fe; water pollution

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON; RECYCLING; SORPTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84920874318     PISSN: 00978078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0097807814060037     Document Type: Article

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