Dye sequestration using agricultural wastes as adsorbents

Water Resources and Industry - Tập 12 - Trang 8-24 - 2015
Kayode Adesina Adegoke1
1Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B 4000, Ogbomoso Oyo State, Nigeria

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