Synthesis and Characterization of Fe3O4/SiO2/AC Nanocomposite as a Heavy Metal Adsorbent

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 183, 2025 International Conference on Life Sciences and Technology (ICoLiST 2024)


Article Number		01010
Number of page(s)		10
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202518301010
Published online		09 July 2025

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