Fluoride adsorption onto activated alumina: Modeling the effects of pH and some competing ions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 337, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Tang, Yulin ^a,b   Guan, Xiaohong ^c   Su, Tingzhi ^a,b   Gao, Naiyun ^b   Wang, Jianmin ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Competitive adsorption; Fluoride; Selenium; Speciation based model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPACT STRENGTH; IONIC STRENGTH; IONS; NEGATIVE IONS; NONMETALS; PH; SELENIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ADSORPTION PROCESS; BATCH METHODS; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; FLUORIDE; PH RANGES; REACTION TIME; SPECIATION-BASED MODEL; SURFACE LOADINGS; SURFACE SITES; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

PH EFFECTS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANION; ARSENIC; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; ION; SELENIUM;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TITRIMETRY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 59349112478     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.11.027     Document Type: Article

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