Occurrence of arsenic in groundwater in the suburbs of Beijing and its removal using an iron-cerium bimetal oxide adsorbent

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-146

  Dou, Xiaomin ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Pei, Yishan ^a   Huang, Xia ^b   Takayama, Tomoo ^c   Kato, Shigeru ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic; Arsenic removal; Column experiment; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC REMOVAL; BATCH TESTS; COLUMN TEST; IRON-CERIUM BIMETAL OXIDE ADSORBENT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CERIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33746979856     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2006.016     Document Type: Article

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