Influence of characterised natural organic material on activated carbon adsorption: I. Characterisation of concentrated reservoir water

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 965-972

  Newcombe, Gayle ^a   Drikas, Mary ^a   Assemi, Shoeleh ^b   Beckett, Ronald ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

13C nuclear magnetic resonance; Characterisation; Dissolved organic material; Humic substances; Natural organic material

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; FRACTIONATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; TITRIMETRY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; COLOUR DETERMINATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT FRACTIONS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATERIAL; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION;

CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRACTIONATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; RESERVOIRS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CARBON ADSORPTION; ORGANIC MATTER; RESERVOIR WATE;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, MYPONGA RESERVOIR;

EID: 0030615921     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00324-7     Document Type: Article

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