Low cost adsorbents for the removal of organic pollutants from wastewater

Journal of Environmental Management - Tập 113 - Trang 170-183 - 2012
Imran Ali1, Mohd Asim1, Tabrez Alam Khan1
1Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi 110025, India

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