Adsorption equilibrium and kinetics of elemental mercury onto coconut pith

Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 74-82

  Johari, Khairiraihanna ^a   Saman, Norasikin ^a   Song, Shiow Tien ^a   Mat, Hanapi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Adsorption; Coconut; Kinetics; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLANT PRODUCT; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 84928116236     PISSN: 19947887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jest.2015.74.82     Document Type: Article

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