Treatment of an automobile effluent from heavy metals contamination by an eco-friendly montmorillonite

Unmodified montmorillonite clay was utilized as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of heavy metals from a contaminated automobile effluent. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the adsorbent. Batch sorption experiment...

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Main Authors: Kovo G. Akpomie, Folasegun A. Dawodu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090123214001519