Precipitation of ammonium from concentrated industrial wastes as struvite: A search for the optimal reagents

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 586-591

  Borojovich, Eitan J C ^a   Münster, Meshulam ^a   Rafailov, Gennady ^a   Porat, Ze'ev ^a,b  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Magnesium ammonium phosphate; Magnesium oxide; Precipitation; Struvite; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MAGNESIA; MAGNESIUM; METAL IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER;

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIUM REMOVAL; ANAEROBIC SLUDGE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE STREAMS; MAGNESIUM AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; STRUVITES;

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STRUVITE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ION; MAGNESIUM; OXIDE; PH; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PURIFICATION; SLUDGE; STRUVITE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TITRIMETRY; WASTE WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; PHOSPHATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77955865168     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X12529484815755     Document Type: Article

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