Mechanism of turbidity and hardness removal in hard water sources by using Moringa oleifera

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2947-2953

  Fahmi, Muhammad Ridwan ^a   Najib, Nor Wahidatul Azura Zainon ^a   Ping, Pang Chan ^a   Hamidin, Nasrul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Active agent; Adsorption; Coagulation; Softening; Synthetic water

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960769086     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.2947.2953     Document Type: Article

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