Arsenic removal from drinking water using iron oxide-coated sand

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 95-111

  Thirunavukkarasu, O S ^a   Viraraghavan, T ^a   Subramanian, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic removal; Batch studies; Column tests; Drinking water; Iron oxide; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ISOTHERMS; PH EFFECTS; SAND;

IRON-OXIDE COATED SAND (IOCS);

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; IRON OXIDE; TAP WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BATCH PROCESS; DRINKING WATER; IRON OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; BATCH PROCESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; ISOTHERM; PH MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0037277423     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022073721853     Document Type: Review

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