Monitoring of fluoride concentration in ground water of small tea gardens in Sonitpur district, Assam, India: Correlation with physico-chemical parameters

International Journal of ChemTech Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Dutta, Joydev ^a   Nath, Manoranjan ^b   Chetia, Mridual ^c   Misra, Abani Kr ^d  

^a Chaiduar College   (India)

^b North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management Tezpur   (India)

^c Defence R D Organization   (India)

^d GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Fluoride; Physico chemical parameters; Small tea garden; Sonitpur district; Water samples

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOCIATION; DISSOLUTION; HARDNESS; INDIA; LEACHING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 77954738657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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