Effect of preadsorbed background organic matter on granular activated carbon adsorption of atrazine

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 224, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 221-226

  Wang, Gen Shuh ^a,c   Alben, Katherine T ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Atrazine; Background organic matter; Preadsorption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ATRAZINE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ATRAZINE; CHARCOAL; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 0032509241     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00360-X     Document Type: Article

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