Removing Phosphorus from Aqueous Solutions Using Lanthanum Modified Pine Needles.

The renewable pine needles was used as an adsorbent to remove phosphorus from aqueous solutions. Using batch experiments, pine needles pretreated with alkali-isopropanol (AI) failed to effectively remove phosphorus, while pine needles modified with lanthanum hydroxide (LH) showed relatively high rem...

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Main Authors: Xianze Wang, Zhongmou Liu, Jiancong Liu, Mingxin Huo, Hongliang Huo, Wu Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4668053?pdf=render