A limestone reactor for flouride removal from wastewaters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 3247-3253

  Reardon, Eric J ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CALCIUM ION; CHROMIUM; FLUORIDE; LIMESTONE; SELENIUM;

COLUMN SEPARATION; FLUORIDE; LIMESTONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION; REACTOR; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; FLY ASH; ION EXCHANGE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; SURFACE CHARGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALCITE; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ION EXCHANGE; LIMESTONE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER;

FLUORITE; FLY ASH LEACHATE; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL; TWO COLUMN LIMESTONE REACTOR;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0034238143     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es990542k     Document Type: Article

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