Sulphate ions removal from an aqueous solution: I. Co-precipitation with hydrolysed aluminum-bearing salts

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1220-1226

  Silva, Renato ^a   Cadorin, Luciana ^a   Rubio, Jorge ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aluminum bearing salts; Co precipitation; pH; Sulphate ions removal

Indexed keywords

ACID MINING DRAINAGES; ACIDIC MEDIUMS; ALUMINUM SALTS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; INORGANIC SALTS; INSOLUBLE COMPLEXES; MASS RATIO; SULPHATE ION; SULPHATES;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FILTRATION; IONS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SALTS; SOLUTIONS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 78049302550     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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