Biosorption of heavy metals from aqueous solutions using indigenous and modified lignocellulosic materials

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 211-228

  Salman, Muhammad ^a   Athar, Makshoof ^a   Farooq, Umar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biosorption mechanism; Kinetic; Lignocellulosic materials; Modification methods; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939988713     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: 15729826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-015-9362-x     Document Type: Review

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