Combined humic substance and heavy metals agglomeration, and membrane filtration under saline conditions

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1488-1506

  Hilal, Nidal ^a   Al Abri, Mohammed ^a   Al Hinai, Hilal ^b   Somerfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Fouling; Heavy metals; Humic substance; Nanofiltration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; NANOFILTRATION;

FOULING RATE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; NANOFILTRATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CONCENTRATION; FILTRATION; FOULING; HEAVY METAL; MEMBRANE;

EID: 42649129008     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390801941091     Document Type: Article

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