Comparable evaluation of various commercially available aluminium-based coagulants for the treatment of surface water and for the post-treatment of urban wastewater

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1136-1147

  Zouboulis, Anastasios I ^a   Traskas, Georgios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alum; Photometric dispersion analyser (PDA); Poly aluminium chlorides (PACl); Potable water; Residual aluminium concentration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOMETRY; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

ALUM; PHOTOMETRIC DISPERSION ANALYSER (PDA); POLY ALUMINIUM CHLORIDES (PACL); RESIDUAL ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ALUMINUM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 26444586661     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1300     Document Type: Article

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