Heavy Metals Removal Using Activated Carbon, Silica and Silica Activated Carbon Composite
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In this paper, a batch of experiments were conducted to test the ability of activated carbon for the removal of lead, cadmium, nickel, chromium and zinc from water.About:
This article is published in Energy Procedia.The article was published on 2014-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 406 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Freundlich equation & Activated carbon.read more
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Comparison of sorption and desorption studies of heavy metal ions from biochar and commercial active carbon
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Polymer-based nanocomposites for heavy metal ions removal from aqueous solution: a review
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