Removal of emulsified oil from oily wastewater using agricultural waste barley straw

An agricultural byproduct, barley straw, was chemically modified by a cationic surfactant, hexadecylpyridinium chloride monohydrate (CPC) and employed as an adsorbent to remove emulsified canola oil from aqueous solution. The textural and surface properties of the surfactant modified barley straw (S...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Shariff, Wang, Shaobin, Ang, Ming
Format: Journal Article
Published: ELSEVIER 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35132