Water softening behaviour of sand materials-Mimicking natural zeolites in some locations of Rameswaram Island, India

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-32

  Sivasankar, Venkataraman ^a   Ramachandramoorthy, Thiagarajan ^b  

^a THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Characterization; Rameswaram Island; Sand material; Water softening

Indexed keywords

BED DEPTH; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CLINOPTILOLITES; COLUMN PERFORMANCE; COLUMN STUDY; FTIR; MAS NMR; NATURAL SAND; NATURAL ZEOLITES; PORE VOLUME; RAMESWARAM ISLAND; SEM; SI/AL RATIO; SOUTH INDIA; SURFACE AREA; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER SOFTENER; WATER SOFTENING; XRD;

CHARACTERIZATION; DISSOLUTION; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER QUALITY; ZEOLITES;

SAND;

EID: 79957614209     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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