Natural zeolites as effective adsorbents in water and wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-24

  Wang, Shaobin ^a   Peng, Yuelian ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Inorganic ions; Natural zeolite; Organics; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACID TREATMENTS; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ALKALINE EARTH CATIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CATION EXCHANGES; FRAMEWORK STRUCTURES; FUNCTIONALISATION; INORGANIC IONS; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; LOW COSTS; MODIFIED ZEOLITE; NATURAL ZEOLITES; ORGANICS; SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION; WATER AND WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ALUMINOSILICATES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEWATERING; HEAVY METALS; HYDRATES; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; METAL IONS; METAL REFINING; MOLECULAR SIEVES; POSITIVE IONS; SIEVES; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ZEOLITES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 72049113067     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.10.029     Document Type: Review

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