Dye adsorption on unburned carbon: kinetics and equilibrium

Shaobin Wang1, Huiting Li

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. wangshao@vesta.curtin.edu.au

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