Adsorptive removal of arsenic from river waters using pisolite

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-59

  Pereira, P A L ^a   Dutra, A J B ^b   Martins, A H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental; Hydrometallurgy; Wasteprocessing

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); HYDROMETALLURGY; MANGANESE ORE TREATMENT; SCREENING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY (AA); INORGANIC SORBENTS; PISOLITES; WASTEPROCESSING;

ARSENIC;

EID: 33751428719     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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