Perchlorate removal via iron-preloaded GAC and borohydride regeneration

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 90-102

  Na, Chongzheng ^a   Cannon, Fred S ^b   Hagerup, Ben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL REGENERATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; IRON-OXALIC ACID; PERCHLORATE REMOVAL; RAPID SMALL-SCALE COLUMN TEST; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

SALTS;

EID: 0036863621     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2002.tb10233.x     Document Type: Article

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