Mercury ions removal from aqueous solution using an activated composite membrane

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7667-7670

  Páez Hernández, María Elena ^a,b   Aguilar Arteaga, Karina ^a   Galán Vidal, Carlos Andrés ^a   Palomar Pardavé, Manuel ^b   Romero Romo, Mario ^b   Ramírez Silva, María Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MEMBRANES; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POSITIVE IONS; SOLUTIONS;

ACTIVATED COMPOSITE MEMBRANES (ACM); MERCURY IONS; ORGANIC LIGANDS;

MERCURY (METAL);

DI(2 ETHYLHEXYL)DITHIOPHOSPHORIC ACID; LIGAND; MERCURY; PHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SORBENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PENTETIC ACID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPOSITE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MERCURY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ACIDITY; ACTIVATED COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; MONITORING; PH; REFERENCE VALUE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PENTETIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 26044443058     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0505705     Document Type: Article

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