Simultaneous removal of phosphorus and potassium from synthetic urine through the precipitation of magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Xu, Kangning ^a   Wang, Chengwen ^a   Liu, Haiyan ^b   Qian, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate; Phosphorus; Potassium; Struvite; Urine

Indexed keywords

COPRECIPITATION; EFFICIENCY; MOLAR RATIO; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY APPARATUS;

BENCH SCALE EXPERIMENTS; MAGNESIUM AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; MAGNESIUM POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE HEXAHYDRATES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; STRUVITES; URINE; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; INORGANIC SALT; MAGNESIUM POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE HEXAHYDRATE; MAGNESIUM SODIUM PHOSPHATE HEPTAHYDRATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POTASSIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUVITE; URINE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PH; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URINE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79957521376     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.04.057     Document Type: Article

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