Properties of South African silica sand used for rapid filtration

Water SA

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-80

  Ceronio, A D ^a   Haarhoff, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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