Radon emanation from radium specific adsorbents

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 177-184

  Alabdula'aly, Abdulrahman I ^a   Maghrawy, Hamed B ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alumina; Dowex MSC 1; Radium removal; Radon emanation; Specific adsorbents

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; RADIUM; RADON; RESINS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BARIUM CHLORIDE; BARIUM HYDROXIDE; BARIUM SULPHATES; COLUMN OPERATIONS; DOWEX MSC-1; ELUTION PROFILES; RADIUM REMOVALS; RADON EMANATION;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS;

ADSORBENT; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BARIUM CHLORIDE; BARIUM SULFATE; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; RESIN;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BARIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RADIUM; RADON; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELUTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 71549125875     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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