Waste to valuable by product - utilization of carbonised decanter cake from palm oil milling plant as an effective adsorbent for heavy metal ions in aqueous solution

Palm oil milling plant generates large amount of waste that was proven to cause environmental problems. About 40 kg decanter cake was generated from each ton of fresh fruit bunch processed. Previous studies suggested agricultural waste could be employed as heavy metal ion adsorbent. Due to the si...

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Main Author: Nugroho , Dewayanto
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2736/1/NUGROHO_DEWAYANTO.PDF