Disinfection by-product precursor adsorption as function of GAC properties: Case study

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1462-1465

  Rodriguez Fuentes, Rafael ^a   Hilts, Brian A ^b   Dvorak, Bruce I ^c  

^a MOUNT ST MARY S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CDM SMITH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Case reports; Disinfection; Organic matter; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BYPRODUCTS; DISINFECTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER TREATMENT;

BYPRODUCT PRECURSOR ADSORPTION; CASE REPORTS; CHEMICAL TESTS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS (GACS); ORGANIC MATTER; TANNIN ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCT; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 26444544551     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:10(1462)     Document Type: Article

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