Specific treatment technologies for removing arsenic from water

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-90

  Nguyen, T V ^a   Vigneswaran, S ^a   Ngo, H H ^a   Pokhrel, D ^b   Viraraghavan, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEALTH HAZARDS; NANOFILTRATION; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ARSENIC REMOVAL; IRON COATED SAND (IOCS);

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; IRON;

ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); HEALTH HAZARDS; NANOFILTRATION; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; TOXIC MATERIALS;

WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON COATED SAND; IRON COATED SPONGE; NANOFILTRATION; PH; PRESSURE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33645472118     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200620120     Document Type: Article

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