Peat and coconut fiber as biofilters for chromium adsorption from contaminated wastewaters

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 527-534

  Henryk, Kołoczek ^a   Jarosław, Chwastowski ^a   Witold, Żukowski ^a  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Canadian peat; Coconut fiber; Cr(III); Cr(VI); Kinetics; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHROMIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILTER; FUNGUS; PEAT; PLANT PRODUCT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

CANADA;

FUNGI;

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; SOIL; WASTE WATER;

ADSORPTION; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COCONUT; DEVICES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EVALUATION STUDY; KINETICS; PH; PROCEDURES; SOIL; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CANADA; CHROMIUM; COCOS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; SOIL; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84954370311     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5285-x     Document Type: Article

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