Iron and aluminium based adsorption strategies for removing arsenic from water

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3011-3022

  Giles, Dion E ^a   Mohapatra, Mamata ^b   Issa, Touma B ^a,c   Anand, Shashi ^a   Singh, Pritam ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ZBB Technologies Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Alumina; Arsenic; Arsenic filters and kits; Bauxite; Ferrihydrite

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ADSORBENTS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; BANDPASS FILTERS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); HEMATITE; MAGNETITE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC FILTER AND KIT; ARSENIC REMOVAL; ARSENIC(III); BAUXITE; CONTAMINATED WATER; DISEASE AND DISORDERS; FERRIHYDRITES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; ROOT CAUSE; TOXIC METALS;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORBENT; AKAGANEITE; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; BAUXITE; DRINKING WATER; FERRIHYDRITE; FILTER; GOETHITE; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESEARCH WORK; TOXIC MATERIAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; FILTER; OXIDATION; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BANGLADESH; NEPAL;

EID: 80052881996     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.07.018     Document Type: Review

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