Comparative uptake study of toxic elements from aqueous media by the different particle-size-fractions of fly ash

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 787-792

  Itskos, Grigorios ^a,c   Koukouzas, Nikolaos ^a   Vasilatos, Charalampos ^b   Megremi, Ifigenia ^b   Moutsatsou, Angeliki ^c  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcareous fly ash; Cr (VI); Heavy metal removal; Particle size distribution; Siliceous fly ash; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIA; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BATCH ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; CALCAREOUS FLY ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CR (VI); DIFFERENT SIZES; GRAIN DIAMETER; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LOSS ON IGNITION; SILICEOUS FLY ASH; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; FLY ASH; LEAD; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUTIONS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; FLY ASH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXIC MATERIAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY ASH; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRECIPITATION; TOXIC WASTE; WASTE WATER; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77956431308     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.07.095     Document Type: Article

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