Removal of metallic elements from industrial waste water through biomass and clay

Frontiers in Life Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 223-230

  Khan, Aysha Masood ^a   Ahmad, Chaudhary Sajjad ^b   Farooq, Umer ^c   Mahmood, Karamat ^d   Sarfraz, Maliha ^c   Balkhair, Khaled S ^e   Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

almond shells; biomass; biosorption; clay; ions; modified; peanut shells

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ARUNDINARIA GIGANTEA; ARUNDO DONAX; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84938963294     PISSN: 21553769     EISSN: 21553777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21553769.2015.1041187     Document Type: Article

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