Watermelon rind: a potential adsorbent for zinc removal

The industrial revolution has significantly increase the discharge of wastewater into water bodies with heavy metals. In this study, watermelon rind was used as a biosorbent. Wastewater from mosaic industry was characterized by using flame AAS and zinc was found to have concentration range of 350mg/...

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Main Authors: Othman, Norzila, Kueh, Y.S., Azizul-Rahman, F.H., Hamdan, Rafidah
Format: Article
Published: Trans Tech Publications Inc 2014
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.680.146
http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.680.146
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6277/1/norzila_othman_U_2.pdf
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