Sewage Sludge ZnCl2-Activated Carbon Intercalated MgFe-LDH Nanocomposites: Insight of the Sorption Mechanism of Improved Removal of Phenol from Water.
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SUBMITTER: Mu'azu ND
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7084656 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
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Sewage Sludge ZnCl<sub>2</sub>-Activated Carbon Intercalated MgFe-LDH Nanocomposites: Insight of the Sorption Mechanism of Improved Removal of Phenol from Water.
Mu'azu Nuhu Dalhat ND Zubair Mukarram M Jarrah Nabeel N Alagha Omar O Al-Harthi Mamdouh A MA Essa Mohammed H MH
International journal of molecular sciences 20200225 5
<b>Keywords</b>: sludge-activated carbon; MgFe layered double hydroxide; nanocomposite materials; phenol aqueous uptake; mechanistic studies; reusability performance. ...[more]
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