Effect of NOM, turbidity and floc size on the PAC adsorption of MIB during alum coagulation

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3668-3674

  Ho, Lionel ^a   Newcombe, Gayle ^a  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

2 methylisoborneol (MIB); Adsorption; Floc; Natural organic matter (NOM); Powdered activated carbon (PAC); Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COAGULATION; DIFFUSION; FLOCCULATION; TURBIDITY;

2-METHYLISOBORNEOL (MIB); FLOC; NATURAL ORGANIC MATERIAL (NOM); POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON (PAC);

ORGANIC MINERALS;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TERPENOID;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COAGULATION; FLOC; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

EID: 24344450701     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.06.028     Document Type: Article

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