Adsorption of arsenic from a Nova Scotia groundwater onto water treatment residual solids

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5740-5749

  Gibbons, Meaghan K ^a   Gagnon, Graham A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Alum sludge; Arsenate treatment; Ferric sludge; Water treatment residual solids

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTHERMS; LIME; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ADSORPTION EXPERIMENT; ALUM SLUDGE; ARSENATE TREATMENT; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC REMOVAL; COLUMN ADSORPTION; FERRIC SLUDGE; RESIDUAL SOLIDS; WATER TREATMENT RESIDUAL SOLID; WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS;

ADSORPTION;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CANADA; DESORPTION; EFFLUENT; ISOTHERM; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 78649485766     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.050     Document Type: Article

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