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Different adsorption behaviors and mechanisms of a novel amino- functionalized hydrothermal biochar for hexavalent chromium and pentavalent antimony

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BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 310, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123438

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51579094, 51679082, 51521006]

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