Chemical pre-treatments of oil palm frond for improvement in the removal of zn and cu from wastewater by sorption process

• Main Authors: Salamatinia, Babak, Zinatizadeh, Ali Akbar, Razali, Noraini, Harun@Kamaruddin, Azlina, Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/365/1/BabakSalamatinia2006_Chemicalpre-treatmentsofoilpalm.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/365/

As a result of industrialization, Environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious. Heavy metals are often present industrial wastewaters and need to be removed before discharge. Adsorption is a commonly used method for heavy metal removal from aqueous solutions. Despite of the good efficie...