Competitive removal of Cd(ii) and Pb(ii) by biochars produced from water hyacinths: performance and mechanism
- 5 January 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 6 (7), 5223-5232
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra26248h
Abstract
Three biochars converted from water hyacinth biomass at 300, 450, and 600 °C were used to investigate the adsorption properties of Cd2+ and Pb2+.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41271332, 51478470 and 51521006)
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