May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
920 pages
30h 44m
English
book
Nanotechnology in Environmental Science, 2 Volumes
by Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Ajay Kumar Mishra
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20Biopolymers: A Natural Support for Photocatalysts Applied to Pollution Remediation
Diseko Boikanyo, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Shivani B. Mishra and Sabelo D. Mhlanga
University of South Africa, College of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit (NanoWS), Florida, Johannesburg 1709, South Africa
20.1 Introduction
20.1.1 Wastewater Treatment Methods
Industrialization is inextricably linked to the generation and disposal of innumerable toxic pollutants in quantities difficult to measure. The solid-, liquid-, and gas-phase effluents discharged into water bodies are hazardous to humans, wildlife, and the environment. These effluents contain refractory substances that, by virtue of being difficult ...