NOM and MIB, who wins in the competition for activated carbon adsorption sites?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 257-265

  Hepplewhite, C ^a   Newcombe, Gayle ^b   Knappe, D R U ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Adsorption competition; MIB; Natural organic material; Tastes and odours

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALCOHOLS; COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ODOR CONTROL; SOLUTIONS;

2-METHYLISOBORNEOL; EQUAVALENT BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION (EBC); NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM);

POTABLE WATER;

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ODOR; ORGANIC MATTER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ODOR; POROSITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042814758     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0584     Document Type: Article

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