Adsorption of chromium (Cr) from tannery wastewater using low-cost spent tea leaves adsorbent

Abstract Leather tanning is consuming a large quantity of water and discharging a large volume of wastewater. This wastewater contains the high value of COD, BOD, TSS, TDS and heavy metals. In this study, spent tea leaves, a valueless waste produced during the manufacturing of tea beverage, were ass...

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Main Authors: Md. Nur-E-Alam, Md. Abu Sayid Mia, Farid Ahmad, Md. Mafizur Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:Applied Water Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13201-018-0774-y