Defluoridation of drinking water using chitin, chitosan and lanthanum-modified chitosan

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Kamble, Sanjay P ^a   Jagtap, Sneha ^a   Labhsetwar, Nitin K ^a   Thakare, Dilip ^a   Godfrey, Samuel ^b   Devotta, Sukumar ^a   Rayalu, Sadhana S ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin and modified chitosan; Defluoridation; Effects of pH and anions; Freundlich isotherm model; Kinetic modeling

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; REACTION KINETICS;

DEFLUORIDATION; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODEL; KINETIC MODELING; MODIFIED CHITOSAN;

WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; REACTION KINETICS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 34047252878     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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