Effects of hardness and alkalinity on the removal of arsenic(V) from humic acid-deficient and humic acid-rich groundwater by zero-valent iron

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4296-4304

  Mak, Mark S H ^a   Rao, Pinhua ^a   Lo, Irene M C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Aggregation; Arsenic(V); Bicarbonate; Calcium; Natural organic matter; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GROUNDWATER; HARDNESS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH;

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BICARBONATE; CA 2+; CO-PRECIPITATION; HUMATES; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; OXIDE PARTICLES; REMOVAL OF ARSENICS; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

ADSORPTION;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; HUMIC ACID;

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATION; ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; HUMIC ACID; IRON; ORGANIC MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS;

EID: 70149105970     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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