Arsenic and boron in geothermal water and their removal

The Global Arsenic Problem: Challenges for Safe Water Production

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 103-120

  Yoshizuka, Kazuharu ^a   Kabay, Nalan ^b   Bryjak, Marek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU   (Japan)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10537     Document Type: Chapter

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