Opuntia ficus-indica is an excellent eco-friendly biosorbent for the removal of chromium in leather industry effluents

Opuntia ficus-indica is an excellent eco-friendly biosorbent for the removal of chromium in leather industry effluents

In Brazil, the leather industry is an important economic segment moving around U$ 3 billions of dollars a year. However, high amounts of water are requested to transform skin animals into leather, causing high wastewater amounts to be consequently produced. A major problem is attached to the presenc...

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Main Authors: Juliana Andreza Figueirôa, Guilherme Urias Menezes Novaes, Hélder de Souza Gomes, Vera Lúcia Meira de Morais Silva, Danilo de Moraes Lucena, Lígia Maria Ribeiro Lima, Seldon Almeida de Souza, Lucas Gustavo Ferreira Cordeiro Viana, Larissa Araújo Rolim, Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida, Ana Paula de Oliveira, Josivanda Palmeira Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Palma forrageira
Sorption
Chromium
Tannery
Artemia salina
Ecotoxicity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021013955

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