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Prof Vhahangwele Masindi is a top-rated researcher (top 2% according to SCI reports). His area of specialization is water resource management specifically focusing on water security, water and wastewater treatment, and sustainability.

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University of South Africa: Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

2023-01-01 to present | Professor (Environmental Sciences)
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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research: Pretoria, ZA

2013-07-01 to present | Principal Researcher (Hydraulic Engineering, Water and wastewater treatment)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of Venda: Thohoyandou, Limpopo, ZA

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Professional activities (3)

South African Council for Natural Scientists : Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

Professional Natural Scientist
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National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF): Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA

2019-06-26 | Emerging Research Award (Finalist)
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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research: Pretoria, ZA

2015-11-17 | Emerging Researcher award (R&D)
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Funding (1)

Decolouration of water using clay-based nanocomposite

2017-01 to 2020-01 | Grant
Water Research Commission (Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA)
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Antibiotic resistance genes profile of selected drinking water treatment plants in South Africa as impacted by different treatment stages

Microbiology Resource Announcements
2025-02-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00934-24
Contributors: Chimdi Mang Kalu; Khuthadzo L. Mudau; Lesoka Reneiloe Ntobeng; Vhahangwele Masindi; Memory Tekere; André O. Hudson
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Removal of Congo red dye from industrial effluents using metal oxide-clay nanocomposites: Insight into adsorption and precipitation mechanisms

Water Resources and Industry
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wri.2024.100253
Contributors: T.E. Rasilingwani; J.R. Gumbo; V. Masindi; S. Foteinis
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Valorization of Acid Mine Drainage into an Iron Catalyst to Initiate the Solar Photo-Fenton Treatment of Municipal Wastewater

Environments
2023-08-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/environments10080132
Contributors: Tooba Aslam; Vhahangwele Masindi; Abdulbari A. Ahmad; Efthalia Chatzisymeon
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Treatment of real tannery wastewater using facile synthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles: Experimental results and geochemical modeling

Water Resources and Industry
2023-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wri.2023.100205
Contributors: V. Masindi; M. Tekere; S. Foteinis
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Effective removal of ammonia from aqueous solution through struvite synthesis and breakpoint chlorination: Insights into the synergistic effects of the hybrid system

Journal of Environmental Management
2023-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117506
Contributors: Muyahavho Enemiah Mugwili; Frans Boudewijn Waanders; Vhahangwele Masindi; Elvis Fosso-Kankeu
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Appraisal of the Temporospatial Migration and Potential Ecotoxicity of Phthalic Acid Esters in Municipal Effluents, Rivers and Dam—A Catchment-Wide Assessment

Water
2023-05-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/w15112061
Contributors: Ntsako Dellas Baloyi; Memory Tekere; Khumbudzo Walter Maphangwa; Vhahangwele Masindi
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Sustainable Co-Management of Acid Mine Drainage with Struvite Synthesis Effluent: Pragmatic Synergies in Circular Economy

Environments
2023-04-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/environments10040060
Contributors: Vhahangwele Masindi; Ryneth Mbhele; Spyros Foteinis
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Recovery of phosphate from municipal wastewater as calcium phosphate and its subsequent application for the treatment of acid mine drainage

Resources, Conservation and Recycling
2023-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106779
Contributors: Collen Nepfumbada; Nikita Tawanda Tavengwa; Vhahangwele Masindi; Spyros Foteinis; Efthalia Chatzisymeon
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Challenges, advances and sustainabilities on the removal and recovery of manganese from wastewater: A review

Journal of Cleaner Production
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134152
Contributors: K. Nkele; L. Mpenyana-Monyatsi; V. Masindi
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Passive co-treatment of phosphorus-depleted municipal wastewater with acid mine drainage: Towards sustainable wastewater management systems

Journal of Environmental Management
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116399
Contributors: V. Masindi; A. Shabalala; S. Foteinis
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Rapid Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Solution Using Polycationic/Di-Metallic Adsorbent Synthesized Using Fe3+/Al3+ Recovered from Real Acid Mine Drainage

Minerals
2022-10-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/min12101318
Contributors: Khathutshelo Lilith Muedi; Vhahangwele Masindi; Johannes Philippus Maree; Hendrik Gideon Brink
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Effective Adsorption of Congo Red from Aqueous Solution Using Fe/Al Di-Metal Nanostructured Composite Synthesised from Fe(III) and Al(III) Recovered from Real Acid Mine Drainage

Nanomaterials
2022-02-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/nano12050776
Contributors: Khathutshelo Muedi; Vhahangwele Masindi; Johannes Maree; Nils Haneklaus; Hendrik Brink
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Mechanisms and Approaches for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Acid Mine Drainage and Other Industrial Effluents

2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52421-0_15
Contributors: Vhahangwele Masindi; Muhammad S. Osman; Memory Tekere
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Sources of Heavy Metals Pollution

2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80334-6_17
Contributors: Vhahangwele Masindi; Philani Mkhonza; Memory Tekere
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Techno-Economic Analysis of the Reclamation of Drinking Water and Valuable Minerals from Acid Mine Drainage

Minerals
2021-11-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/min11121352
Contributors: Rhulani Shingwenyana; Ayanda N. Shabalala; Ryneth Mbhele; Vhahangwele Masindi
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Effective removal of arsenate from wastewater using aluminium enriched ferric oxide-hydroxide recovered from authentic acid mine drainage

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2021-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125491
Contributors: K.L. Muedi; H.G. Brink; V. Masindi; J.P. Maree
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Groundwater contamination in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for groundwater protection in developing countries

Cleaner Engineering and Technology
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.clet.2020.100038
Contributors: Vhahangwele Masindi; Spyros Foteinis
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The Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage Using Vertically Flowing Wetland: Insights into the Fate of Chemical Species

Minerals
2021-04-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/min11050477
Contributors: Beauclair Nguegang; Vhahangwele Masindi; Titus Alfred Makudali Msagati; Memory Tekere
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Beneficiation of acid mine drainage (AMD): A viable option for the synthesis of goethite, hematite, magnetite, and gypsum – Gearing towards a circular economy concept

Minerals Engineering
2020 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2020.106204
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Advocating circular economy in wastewater treatment: Struvite formation and drinking water reclamation from real municipal effluents

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2020-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2020.103957
Contributors: A. Mavhungu; V. Masindi; S. Foteinis; R. Mbaya; M. Tekere; I. Kortidis; E. Chatzisymeon
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Dataset on physicochemical and microbial properties of raw water in four drinking water treatment plants based in South Africa

Data in Brief
2020-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105822
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Innovative spherical biochar for pharmaceutical removal from water: Insight into adsorption mechanism

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2020-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122255
Contributors: Hai Nguyen Tran; Fatma Tomul; Nguyen Thi Hoang Ha; Dong Thanh Nguyen; Eder C. Lima; Giang Truong Le; Chang-Tang Chang; Vhahangwele Masindi; Seung Han Woo
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Evaluation of the efficacy of halloysite nanotubes in the removal of acidic and basic dyes from aqueous solution

Clay Minerals
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1180/clm.2019.27
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2-s2.0-85068891657
Contributors: Ngulube, T.; Gumbo, J.R.; Masindi, V.; Maity, A.
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Facile thermal activation of non-reactive cryptocrystalline magnesite and its application on the treatment of acid mine drainage

Journal of Environmental Management
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.030
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2-s2.0-85061566238
Contributors: Magagane, N.; Masindi, V.; Ramakokovhu, M.M.; Shongwe, M.B.; Muedi, K.L.
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Preparation and characterisation of high performing magnesite-halloysite nanocomposite and its application in the removal of methylene blue dye

Journal of Molecular Structure
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.02.043
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2-s2.0-85061823044
Contributors: Ngulube, T.; Gumbo, J.R.; Masindi, V.; Maity, A.
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Valorization of acid mine drainage (AMD): A simplified approach to reclaim drinking water and synthesize valuable minerals-Pilot study

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2019.103082
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2-s2.0-85065070463
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Osman, M.S.; Shingwenyana, R.
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Wastewater treatment valorisation by simultaneously removing and recovering phosphate and ammonia from municipal effluents using a mechano-thermo activated magnesite technology

Journal of Environmental Management
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109493
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2-s2.0-85072048879
Contributors: Mavhungu, A.; Mbaya, R.; Masindi, V.; Foteinis, S.; Muedi, K.L.; Kortidis, I.; Chatzisymeon, E.
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Computational and experimental study for the desalination of petrochemical industrial effluents using direct contact membrane distillation

Applied Water Science
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-019-0910-3
Contributors: Muhammad S. Osman; Vhahangwele Masindi; Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
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Calcined magnesite as an adsorbent for cationic and anionic dyes: characterization, adsorption parameters, isotherms and kinetics study

Heliyon
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00838
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2-s2.0-85054167994
Contributors: Ngulube, T.; Gumbo, J.R.; Masindi, V.; Maity, A.
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Fractional and step-wise recovery of chemical species from acid mine drainage using calcined cryptocrystalline magnesite nano-sheets: An experimental and geochemical modelling approach

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2018.02.005
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2-s2.0-85042210078
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Ndiritu, J.G.; Maree, J.P.
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Reclamation of water and the synthesis of gypsum and limestone from acid mine drainage treatment process using a combination of pre-treated magnesite nanosheets, lime, and CO<inf>2</inf> bubbling

Water Resources and Industry
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.wri.2018.07.001
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2-s2.0-85050382976
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Madzivire, G.; Tekere, M.
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Assessing the sustainability of acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment in South Africa

Science of The Total Environment
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.108
Contributors: Vhahangwele Masindi; Efthalia Chatzisymeon; Ioannis Kortidis; Spyros Foteinis
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An update on synthetic dyes adsorption onto clay based minerals: A state-of-art review

Journal of Environmental Management
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.031
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2-s2.0-85009100562
Contributors: Ngulube, T.; Gumbo, J.R.; Masindi, V.; Maity, A.
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Application of cryptocrystalline magnesite-bentonite clay hybrid for defluoridation of underground water resources: Implication for point of use treatment

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2016.055
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2-s2.0-85019960693
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Comparison of mine water neutralisation efficiencies of different alkaline generating agents

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.07.062
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2-s2.0-85026533748
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Akinwekomi, V.; Maree, J.P.; Muedi, K.L.
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Integrated treatment of acid mine drainage using cryptocrystalline magnesite and barium chloride

Water Practice and Technology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2017.074
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2-s2.0-85028323312
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Recovery of drinking water and valuable minerals from acid mine drainage using an integration of magnesite, lime, soda ash, CO<inf>2</inf> and reverse osmosis treatment processes

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.06.025
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2-s2.0-85020901960
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Removal of boron from aqueous solution using cryptocrystalline magnesite

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2016.012
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2-s2.0-85018240174
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Gitari, M.W.
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Simultaneous sorption of as, b, cr, mo and se from coal fly ash leachates by Al<sup>3+</sup>-pillared bentonite clay: Implication for the construction of activated geo-synthetic clay liner

Water Practice and Technology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2017.023
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2-s2.0-85016134755
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Gitari, W.M.; Tutu, H.
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Synthesis of magnetite from iron-rich mine water using sodium carbonate

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.05.025
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2-s2.0-85019601911
Contributors: Akinwekomi, V.; Maree, J.P.; Zvinowanda, C.; Masindi, V.
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Integrated treatment of acid mine drainage using BOF slag, lime/soda ash and reverse osmosis (RO): Implication for the production of drinking water

Desalination
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2017.10.002
Contributors: Vhahangwele Masindi; Muhammad Suhail Osman; Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
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Synthesis of cryptocrystalline magnesite–bentonite clay composite and its application for neutralization and attenuation of inorganic contaminants in acidic and metalliferous mine drainage

Journal of Water Process Engineering
2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2015.11.007
Contributors: Vhahangwele Masindi; Mugera W. Gitari; Hlanganani Tutu; Marinda DeBeer
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A novel technology for neutralizing acidity and attenuating toxic chemical species from acid mine drainage using cryptocrystalline magnesite tailings

Journal of Water Process Engineering
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2016.02.002
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2-s2.0-84958781144
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Adsorption of phosphate from municipal effluents using cryptocrystalline magnesite: complementing laboratory results with geochemical modelling

Desalination and Water Treatment
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1110720
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2-s2.0-84946433946
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Gitari, W.M.; Pindihama, K.G.
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Fate of inorganic contaminants post treatment of acid mine drainage by cryptocrystalline magnesite: Complimenting experimental results with a geochemical model

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2016.03.020
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2-s2.0-84961223515
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Gitari, M.W.; Tutu, H.; De Beer, M.
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Fate of pollutants post treatment of acid mine drainage with basic oxygen furnace slag: Validation of experimental results with a geochemical model

Journal of Cleaner Production
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.124
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2-s2.0-85038825611
Contributors: Masindi, V.; Osman, M.S.; Mbhele, R.N.; Rikhotso, R.
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Removal of boron from aqueous solution using magnesite and bentonite clay composite

Desalination and Water Treatment
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1025849
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2-s2.0-84954298037
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Synthesis of cryptocrystalline magnesite/bentonite clay composite and its application for removal of phosphate from municipal wastewaters

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2015.1075598
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2-s2.0-84958876418
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Removal of arsenic from wastewaters by cryptocrystalline magnesite: complimenting experimental results with modelling

Journal of Cleaner Production
2016-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.043
Contributors: Vhahangwele Masindi; W. Mugera Gitari
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Simultaneous removal of metal species from acidic aqueous solutions using cryptocrystalline magnesite/bentonite clay composite: an experimental and modelling approach

Journal of Cleaner Production
2016-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.07.128
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Peer review (21 reviews for 10 publications/grants)

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