A mechanistic approach to evaluate the effectiveness of red soil as a natural adsorbent for phosphate removal from wastewater

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 358-373

  Rout, Prangya Ranjan ^a   Bhunia, Puspendu ^a   Dash, Rajesh Roshan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHUBANESWAR   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Adsorption kinetics; Phosphate removal; Real domestic wastewater; Red soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924530003     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.881752     Document Type: Article

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