Statistical analyses on effective removal of cadmium and hexavalent chromium ions by multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)
Kehinde Shola Obayomi, J. O. Bello, Muibat Diekola Yahya, E. Chukwunedum, John Busayo Adeoye
Abstract
) values, revealed the adsorption mechanism of Cd(II) and Cr(VI) onto MWCNTs as a combination of chemical and physical adsorption but dominated more by chemical adsorption.
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