Enhancement of limestone defluoridation of water by acetic and citric acids in fixed bed reactor

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 614-622

  Nath, Suresh K ^a   Dutta, Robin K ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Calcite; Citric acid; Defluoridation; Fixed bed reactor; Limestone

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANION; CITRIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; FLUORIDE; LIMESTONE; PH; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77955256927     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900209     Document Type: Article

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