Treatment of the wastewater containing low-level241 Am using flocculation-microfiltration process

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Gao, Yong ^a   Zhao, Jun ^b   Zhang, Guanghui ^a   Zhang, Dong ^b   Cheng, Weiwen ^a   Yuan, Guoqi ^b   Liu, Xuejun ^b   Ma, Bangzhong ^b   Zeng, Junhui ^b   Gu, Ping ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

241 Am; Decontamination factor (DF); Flocculation microfiltration (FMF); Membrane fouling; Radioactive wastewater

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; FLOCCULATION; FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RECYCLING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TURBIDITY;

241 AM; DECONTAMINATION FACTOR (DF); FLOCCULATION-MICROFILTRATION (FMF); MEMBRANE FOULING; RADIOACTIVE WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 19944429626     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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