Reduced Chitosan as a Strategy for Removing Copper Ions from Water
Toxic heavy metals are priority pollutants in wastewater, commonly present in dangerous concentrations in many places across the globe. Although in trace quantities copper is a heavy metal essential to human life, in excess it causes various diseases, whereby its removal from wastewater is a necessi...
Main Authors: | Pedro M. C. Matias, Joana F. M. Sousa, Eva F. Bernardino, João P. Vareda, Luisa Durães, Paulo E. Abreu, Jorge M. C. Marques, Dina Murtinho, Artur J. M. Valente |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-05-01
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Series: | Molecules |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/10/4110 |
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