Removal of ammonium from rare-earth wastewater using natural brucite as a magnesium source of struvite precipitation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 468-474

  Huang, H M ^a   Xiao, X M ^a   Yang, L P ^a   Yan, B ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Brucite mineral; Phosphorus; Rare earth; Struvite precipitation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIUM REMOVAL; BRUCITE; REACTION TIME; STRUVITE PRECIPITATION;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE MINERALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI; AMMONIA; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; STRUVITE;

AMMONIUM; BRUCITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRUVITE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; PH; PRECIPITATION; REACTION TIME; WASTE WATER;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; METALS, RARE EARTH; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79952240846     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.245     Document Type: Article

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