Comparative coagulant demand of polyferric chloride and ferric chloride for the removal of humic acid

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 386-397

  Jiang, Jia Qian ^a   Wang, Hong Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Humic acid; Natural organic matter (NOM); Prepolymerized iron coagulants

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; DEWATERING; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS;

COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; FERRIC CHLORIDES; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER (NOM); PREPOLYMERIZED IRON COAGULANTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

COAGULATING; COLLOID; COPOLYMER; NATURAL ORGANIC POLYMER; ORGANIC ACID; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 61449227635     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390802590020     Document Type: Article

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