Treatment of contaminated waters with non-essential and potentially toxic metals using biosorbents and zeolite materials

The growth of population and industrialization has dramatically reduced the water quality due to the release of diverse toxic metals into the aquatic bodies. Among these contaminants, mercury is considered one of the most hazardous because of its ability of accumulation in the living organisms and m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fabre, Elaine (author)
Format: doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30163
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/30163