Preparation of iron-impregnated granular activated carbon for arsenic removal from drinking water

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 515-522

  Chang, Qigang ^a,b   Lin, Wei ^a   Ying, Wei chi ^b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Arsenic; Drinking water; Iron impregnation

Indexed keywords

AKAGANEITE; AMORPHOUS IRON; ARSENIC ADSORPTION; ARSENIC REMOVAL; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FERROUS CHLORIDE; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INTERNAL SURFACES; IRON CONTENT; IRON IMPREGNATION; LANGMUIR MODELS; MULTI-STEP PROCEDURES; NANO-SIZE PARTICLES; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; PH RANGE; SEM; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; UNBIASED ESTIMATES; USE EFFICIENCY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEWATERING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IMPREGNATION; IRON; POTABLE WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ACTIVATED CARBON; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FERROUS CHLORIDE; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ARSENATE; DRINKING WATER; GRANULAR MEDIUM; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; IRON; ISOTHERM; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; IRON IMPREGNATION; ISOTHERM; MORPHOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CARBON; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; X-RAYS;

EID: 77957887301     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.066     Document Type: Article

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