Removal of As(III) from water by oxidation/coprecipitation-adsorption on Fe/Al hydroxide - Process demonstration

Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-62

  Singh, Pritam ^a   Zhang, Wensheng ^b   Robins, Robert G ^a   Hubbard, Graham ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arsenic oxidation; Coprecipitation; Hypochlorite oxidant

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM COMPOUND; ARSENIC; CHLORITE GROUP; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON HYDROXIDE; OXIDANT; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 33847773298     PISSN: 09720626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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