Residual aluminium in water defluoridated using activated alumina adsorption - Modeling and simulation studies

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3055-3064

  George, Suja ^a   Pandit, Prabhat ^a   Gupta, A B ^a  

^a MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Activated alumina; Adsorption; Defluoridation; Dissolved aluminium; Fluoride; Residual aluminium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COMPLEXATION; DISSOLUTION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; SOLUBILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION MODELING; ALUMINUM IN WATER; DEFLUORIDATION; DISSOLVED ALUMINUM; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE ADSORPTIONS; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH FLUORIDES; RESIDUAL ALUMINIUM; RESIDUAL ALUMINUM;

ADSORPTION;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; FLUORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; MODELING; PH; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEFLUORIDATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77952550645     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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