The impact of the character of natural organic matter in conventional treatment with alum

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 97-104

  Chow, C W K ^a   Van Leeuwen, J A ^a   Drikas, M ^a   Fabris, R ^a   Spark, K M ^a   Page, D W ^a  

^a PMB 3 ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Alum coagulation; Diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Dissolved organic carbon; Natural organic matter; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Size exclusion chromatography

Indexed keywords

ALUM; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (DRIFT); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTATION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032732116     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00645-9     Document Type: Article

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