Removal of heavy metals from mine waters by natural zeolites

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4606-4613

  Wingenfelder, Ulla ^a   Hansen, Carsten ^b   Furrer, Gerhard ^a   Schulin, Rainer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; IRON; LEAD; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUTIONS; WATER; ZEOLITES; ZINC;

MINE WATER; NEUTRALIZATION; RE-ACIDIFICATION; REMOBILIZATION;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; IRON; LEAD; ZEOLITE; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; MINE DRAINAGE; REMEDIATION;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; MINING; PH; PRECIPITATION; TITRIMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZEOLITES;

EID: 20744446445     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048482s     Document Type: Article

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