DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION FOR HAZARDOUS JAROSITE WASTE RECYCLING IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUITABLE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY - Management of Hazardous Residues Containing Cd - page 96

A CKNOWLEDGMENTS

Authors are thankful to the AMPRI and CSIR, India for the essential
support to carry out the R&D work presented in this article. The first author is
thankful to Dr. D.P. Patil, University of Kentucky, USA for the help in
statistical analysis and reviewing the article. Also, the first author is thankful
to Mr. PK. Srivastava, AMPRI Bhopal.

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