The use of blast furnace slag for removal of phosphorus from wastewater in Sweden-A review

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 826-837

  Westholm, Lena Johansson ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing of slag; Chemical improvement; Clogging; Sulfuric release; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; PHOSPHORUS; SLAGS; WASTEWATER;

ADSORBING MATERIALS; CLOGGING; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; REMOVAL CAPACITY; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SULFURIC RELEASE;

BLAST FURNACES;

EID: 79951857356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w2040826     Document Type: Review

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