Atrazine removal in aqueous solutions using activated carbon from peach stone

Activated carbon is commonly used as a material for contaminant-adsorption processes in aqueous systems. However, its use is more restricted to charcoal than to coal, for the most part, in view of the fact of the higher cost (~ 40%) if the mineral is a fossil fuel which needs to be extracted from th...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Staben Pruchniak, Graziella dos Santos Portes Silva, Liliane Schier de Lima, Sueli Pércio Quináia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2020-06-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
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Online Access:https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-993X2020000300304&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en