Transmission electron microscopy of a phosphate effect on the colloid structure of iron hydroxide

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1345-1352

  He, Q H ^a   Leppard, Gary G ^b   Paige, C R ^c   Snodgrass, W J ^c  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colloid; EDX; Iron hydroxide; Nanoplast; Phosphate; TEM; Ultrastructure; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COLLOIDS; DEHYDRATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

COLLOID STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; IRON HYDROXIDE; NANOPLAST; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

PHOSPHATES;

EPOXY RESIN; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; EMBEDDING; IMAGE QUALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030175468     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00305-3     Document Type: Article

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