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The utilisation of maize tassel as an adsorbent for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions

Thesis (DTech. degree in Environmental, Water & Earth Sciences)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2009. / The potential of tassel from R52 maize cultivar for the removal of heavy metals from simulated and environmental aqueous samples as well as the physicochemical characteristics of tassel were investigated. Milled tassel powder was employed in metal removal from simulated aqueous sample and thereafter, the developed method was applied to environmental samples. This research has demonstrated the potential of maize tassel to adsorb metal ions from both simulated and environmental samples. Furthermore, metals adsorbed on tassel were easily desorbed suggesting that tassel can be employed in metal recycling.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000553
Date January 2009
CreatorsZvinowanda, Caliphs M.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
FormatPDF
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