The use of maize tassel as a solid phase extraction sorbent for the recovery of copper, gold and silver from aqueous solution.

Description

M. Tech. Environmental Management / Investigates the possibility of using maize tassel powder as a solid phase extraction sorbent for the recovery of Ag, Au and Cu from aqueous solution. The surface characteristics of maize tassel and its ability to remove Ag, Au and Cu from aqueous solutions needed to be established before the preparation of maize tassel beads.

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1. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000465

Tags

Dissertations, Academic -- South Africa.

Water -- Purification -- Adsorption.

Sorbents.

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000465
Date	January 2011
Creators	Sekhula, Mahlatse Mapula.
Contributors	Okonkwo, Jonathan Okechukwu., Agyei, Nana M. (Nana Mensah)
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Text
Format	PDF