Removal of aromatic pollutant surrogate from water by recyclable magnetite-activated carbon nanocomposite: An experiment for general chemistry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1966-1970

  Furlan, Ping Y ^a   Melcer, Michael E ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acids Bases; Environmental Chemistry; First Year Undergraduate General; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; High School Introductory Chemistry; Interdisciplinary Multidisciplinary; Laboratory Instruction; Magnetic Properties; Materials Science; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922426804     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed500246s     Document Type: Article

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