• Reduction of Cd, Pb, and Zn Bioaccumulation in Lumbriculus variegatus Using Nitric Acid-Sodium Hydroxide Modified Activated Carbon

  • Hwanjong Seo and Jae-Woo Park*

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HanyangUniversity, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea

  • 질산-수산화나트륨 개질 활성탄을 이용한 Lumbriculus variegatus의 Cd, Pb, Zn 생물축적량 저감 실험연구

  • 서환종ㆍ박재우*

  • 한양대학교 건설환경공학과

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(2): 13-24

    Published on Apr 30, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.2.013
  • Received on Mar 17, 2025
  • Revised on Mar 22, 2025
  • Accepted on Apr 15, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Jae-Woo Park

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HanyangUniversity, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea

  • E-mail: jaewoopark@hanyang.ac.kr