Enhanced water purification: A single atom makes a difference

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5416-5422

  Stewart, Tom A ^a   Trudell, Daniel E ^a   Alam, Todd M ^a   Ohlin, C Andŕe ^b   Lawler, Christian ^b   Casey, William H ^b   Jett, Stephen ^c   Nyman, May ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC CONTAMINANTS; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; POLYCATION; POLYCATION SOLUTIONS; POLYCATIONS; SHELF LIFE; SINGLE ATOMS; STATE CHARACTERIZATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

ALUMINA; ATOMS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GERMANIUM; IMPURITIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ANION; GALLIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCATION;

ALUMINUM; ANION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHLORIDE; COAGULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NEUTRALIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SHELF LIFE; SOLID; TURBIDITY; VIRUS; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; ANIMALS; CATIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FRESH WATER; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; HUMANS; LEVIVIRUS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLUTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 67650457025     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803683t     Document Type: Article

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