Nitrate removal from water by nano-alumina: Characterization and sorption studies

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-323

  Bhatnagar, Amit ^a,b   Kumar, Eva ^b   Sillanpää, Mika ^c  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competing anions; Kinetic modeling; Nano alumina; Nitrate removal; PH; Sorption isotherms

Indexed keywords

COMPETING ANIONS; KINETIC MODELING; NANO-ALUMINA; NITRATE REMOVAL; SORPTION ISOTHERMS;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DEWATERING; DYES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IONS; NITRATES; SOLUTIONS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 77956652293     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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