Performance of MWCNTs and a low-cost adsorbent for Chromium(VI) ion removal

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 171-178

  Ahmadpour, A ^a   Eftekhari, N ^b   Ayati, A ^a,c  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chromium; Freundlich; Langmuir; MWCNT; Nano structured adsorbents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926044918     PISSN: 20089244     EISSN: 21938865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40097-014-0119-9     Document Type: Article

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