Superiority of date seed ash as an adsorbent over other ashes and ferric chloride in removing boron from seawater

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 32, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 324-328

  Al Ithari, Afrah J ^a   Sathasivan, Arumugam ^a   Ahmed, Roxanne ^a   Vuthaluru, Hari B ^a   Zhan, Weixi ^a   Ahmed, Mushtaque ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Boron; Date seed; Fly ash; Pre treatment; Seawater

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052912430     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2717     Document Type: Article

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