Phosphorus adsorption and oven dried alum residual solids in fixed bed column experiments

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 623-628

  Mortula, M M ^a,b   Gagnon, G A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakthrough point; Fixed bed column test; Oven dried alum residual; Pore volume processed; Rapid small scale column test

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS;

BREAKTHROUGH POINT; FIXED BED COLUMN TESTS; OVEN DRIED ALUM RESIDUAL; PORE VOLUME; RAPID SMALL SCALE COLUMN TESTS;

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

EID: 38349166223     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S07-016     Document Type: Article

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