Improved passive treatment of high Zn and Mn concentrations using caustic magnesia (MgO): Particle size effects

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9370-9377

  Rötting, Tobias S ^a,b   Ayora, Carlos ^a   Carrera, Jesus ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DEPTH PROFILES; DETECTION LIMITS; DIVALENT METALS; GRAIN SIZES; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCES; INERT MATRIXES; KEY FACTORS; LARGE PORES; MEDIAN PARTICLE SIZES; METAL RETENTIONS; MN CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTICLE SIZE EFFECTS; PASSIVE TREATMENTS; RAPID OXIDATIONS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; SMALL SIZES; SPECIFIC SURFACES; WOOD CHIPS;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRAULICS; MAGNESIA; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; WOOD PRODUCTS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANGANESE OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SIZE EFFECT; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; WATER; ZINC;

CARBONATES; DISSOLVING; HYDRAULICS; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 58149153140     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801761a     Document Type: Article

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