Improving removal of turbidity causing materials by using polymers as a filter aid

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-114

  Zhu, Honghui ^a   Smith, Daniel W ^a   Zhou, Hongde ^a   Stanley, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Filter aid; Filtration; Particle removal; Polymer; Softening; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); IMPURITIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYMERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

FILTER AID; PARTICLE REMOVAL; SOFTENING; TURBIDITY;

WATER FILTRATION;

CALCIUM OXIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; FILTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TURBIDITY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

FILTER AID; FILTRATION; POLYMERS; REMOVAL; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0029655720     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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