A study of the removal characteristics of heavy metals from wastewater by low-cost adsorbents

In this study, the adsorption behavior of some low-cost adsorbents such as peanut husk charcoal, fly ash, and natural zeolite, with respect to Cu2+, and Zn2+ ions, has been studied in order to consider its application to the purification of metal finishing wastewater. The batch method was employed:...

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Main Authors: Omar E. Abdel Salam, Neama A. Reiad, Maha M. ElShafei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-10-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090123211000269