Studies on defluoridation of water by Tamarind seed, an unconventional biosorbent

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-461

  Murugan, Mahalingam ^a   Subramanian, E ^b  

^a Department of Chemistry   (India)

^b MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Batch adsorption; Column adsorption; Defluoridation; Domestic application; Tamarind seed

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT; FLUORIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; FLUORIDE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; AGITATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFLUORIDATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; FILTER; FIXED BED REACTOR; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KITCHEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PLANT SEED; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TAMARIND; TIME; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; FLUORIDES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; SEEDS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TAMARINDUS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 33845405183     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.014     Document Type: Article

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