Zinc removal from acid rock drainage by clinoptilolite in a slurry bubble column

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Xu, Wanjing ^a   Li, Loretta Y ^a   Grace, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Adsorption; Natural clinoptilolite; Slurry bubble column; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS; ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; ADSORBENT DOSAGE; ADSORBENT PARTICLE; AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; CLINOPTILOLITES; CONTACT TIME; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INITIAL SOLUTION; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ADSORPTION; NATURAL CLINOPTILOLITE; SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMN; ZINC ADSORPTION; ZINC CONCENTRATION; ZINC REMOVAL;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; BUBBLE COLUMNS; ROCKS; ZEOLITES; ZINC;

PH EFFECTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CLINOPTILOLITE; PH; SLURRY; ZINC;

EID: 77957018865     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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