Zero-valent iron and iron oxide-coated sand as a combination for removal of co-present chromate and arsenate from groundwater with humic acid

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-382

  Mak, Mark S H ^a   Rao, Pinhua ^a,b   Lo, Irene M C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

As(V) adsorption; Cr(VI) reduction; Humic acid; Iron oxide coated sand; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

AS(V) ADSORPTION; CR REDUCTIONS; HUMIC ACID; IRON OXIDE-COATED SAND; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; CORROSION; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; IRON OXIDES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SAND;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; HUMIC ACID; IRON; IRON OXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMIC ACID; IRON; IRON OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; SAND;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; COATED PARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METAL EXTRACTION; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION KINETICS; SAND; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADSORPTION; ARSENATES; CHROMATES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; KINETICS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78650515201     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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