An evaluation of fish bone char as an appropriate arsenic and fluoride removal technology for emerging regions

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1777-1784

  Brunson, Laura R ^a   Sabatini, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate water treatment; Arsenic; Bone char; Cow bone char; Fish bone char; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY; BATCH TESTS; BONE CHAR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COW BONE CHAR; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE REMOVAL; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; POINT OF ZERO CHARGE; RESIDUAL WATERS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; WATER CRISIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; BONE; COMPUTER CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FISH; MEATS; PHOSPHORUS; POTABLE WATER; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SURFACE TESTING; SURFACES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; FLUORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ISOTHERM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 72849145002     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2009.0222     Document Type: Article

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