Preparation and properties of hydrous bismuth oxides for nitrate removal from aqueous solutions

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 40, Issue 1-6, 2012, Pages 144-152

  Singh, Prabhat Kumar ^a   Srivastav, Arun Lal ^a   Ghosh, Deepak Kumar ^b   Sharma, Yogesh Chandra ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Hydrous bismuth oxide; Inorganic sorptive media; Nitrate removal; Regeneration and reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025372405     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.671159     Document Type: Article

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